Epic Bicycle Trip

Second day back from vacation, I got up at 5:30 a.m. and rode five miles - including UP the "cardiac hill" behind our house. Did pretty good, I want to work up to 10-12 miles 2-3 times a week. We'll see if I can keep it up.

I am determined this year to do more of the things I like - biking being one of them. Here's a post to get the season started. Visited Japan recently, where bicycles are almost equal to motorized vehicles as a transportation medium. They do have motorized bikes, and it seems like they have taken this transportation mode way farther than we have. There are also many beautiful places to ride bikes. We went to "Joyful Honda", a Japanese super store. They had a great bike department, lots of nice bikes and great equipment. We found this amusing.. it's a girl's bike. The picture unfortunately is not too clear but the chain guard says "Do you like me? I love you. Full of dreams and full of hopes."