Somebody Turn A Light On!

I had planned a 40 mile bike ride with my under-utilized women's bike club this morning. I was looking forward to it, being that it was the first ride of the year. Overall, my few experiences with this group have not all been pleasant ones. Either everyone is really nice and inclusive or grouped in their clique and cold. I figure that I just need to meet more of the members so I don't feel like such an outsider at meetings and events. This was a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

I guess it was not meant to be. When I woke up, all the electricity was off to the rv park, and as I found out after a quick phone call, to the whole city. (This happens about every other month. Ahhh.. the joys of living in a little po-dunk town!) When the power goes out, our water system also shuts down, as we provide water to our customers via two wells. This usually results in a steady stream of phone calls, visits to the park office and groups of customers standing around wanting to know if it's our fault that they have no utilities and then theorize the cause. While skipping the bike ride and staying at the park solved nothing, it was not a good time to leave. Such is life.

Tomorrow will be a better day. I am walking Bloomsday, one of the largest 12k's in the country, with my friend Rebecca. It might rain... got my fingers crossed that it won't. I'll take some pictures to share here and on Triscoop.com. More tomorrow.