April 30, 2021

 Friday April 30, 2021

Blog time 1100 sitting in Panera on Lake Eastbrook Drive.

I got up slowly with the 0630 alarm.  Nancy has an early class at MVP.  

It was 43 and raining when first checked outside this morning.  I will delay bike ride until after Panera.

Breakfast and then drove to the Y.  Once again the Y was empty except for a very popular Zoom class.

Calisthenics and a short walk before dressing and driving to Panera.

This and that:

I will be glad when the Panera near our condo reopens.  The Lake Eastbrook Panera is poorly laid out with bad acoustics.  It is very noisy.  Also has a poor internet connection.

The Senate approved a limited infrastructure bill by a large margin.  It is a program that I think is badly needed.

I eavesdropped on several conversations between sports fans.  Big topic was the NFL draft.  I have lost all interest on professional sports.

I left Panera near noon.  At home I changed into my biking clothes and headed out on a 10.6 mile ride.

The temperature was in low 50s but I had to ride into a brisk wind.  A brisk wind quickly chills the body despite multiple layers.

At home quickly shaved and showered.  Lunch and then Nancy and I headed out on another ride through West Mi.

Today we headed to Holland to look at the Tulips.  Because of the COVID this year’s Holland’s Tulip festival was canceled.

The route we chose today was along old Chicago Drive.  The trip took us through the old industrial area of GR.  We followed the GR to Chicago RR tracks most of the way.

Communities we passed through were:

GR, Wyoming, Grandville, Jenison, Hudsonville, Zeeland and finally Holland.  

Noted a lot of folks driving through Holland looking at the tulips. We stopped at Windmill Island.  They had a large vivid display of tulips.

We took the expressway home.  Total trip time was 3 hours which is about our maximum.

Spent remainder of the afternoon in office doing my old man things.

For dinner tonight Nancy fixed bean and ham soup.  The soup was made by the Onion Crock.  The Onion Crock was a very popular restaurant noted for its soups.  The restaurant closed many years ago.  The company still makes soup for sale at local stores.  Nancy bought this soup at D&W.  The soup was great.  Also had dinner rolls, green beans and coleslaw.

This evening we watched the news followed by an episode of Brokenwood Mysteries.  This was a very confusing show.  We did not know Who done it.

Debbie and Missy FaceTimed today.  

Checked the front yard at 2200.  It was cold.  Freeze warnings are up for tonight.