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Today means to me that summer is open. The weather is finally nice enough that I was able to leave the house on my bike, wearing shorts and a cycling jersey, and run an errand then go for a nice ride around the area. After dropping off these two eBay packages at the post office I headed over to River Bends, down through Utica (including some night time road riding in safe areas), then into the Clinton River trail, only to find it flooded. I then headed back through Utica, down 21 Mile to Hayes, and back home, totaling just over 20 miles averaging 14.6 MPH. Not bad for errand running and lots of street crossings.
This was a really nice ride, and (per usual) it made good use the safe pedestrian bridges along 21 Mile and 22 Mile. I’m really glad they exist.
Now that I’m home and have changed out of the sweaty (and surprisingly stinky) cycling clothes, I’m sitting here in front of a wedge of relatively stinky Stichelton, acquired Sunday at Zingerman’s. This is, for all intents and purposes, a raw milk Stilton. However, it can’t be called that because of EU regulations saying that Stilton must be made with Pasteurized milk. (See the Wikipedia article on Stichelton for more info.)
Mmm. This stuff is incredible.
UPDATE: I’m eating this cheese slowly, so it’s having plenty of time to come up to room temperature. Thus, my office is starting to smell a bit funky. Like feet. And bike shorts. In a 300 year old cellar.