Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Enfield, NH (USA)
[teleworking very early - at 1400, I drove to White River Junction (UVAC) - spent 45 minutes swimming (50 lengths) - then did some errands in West Lebanon (Staples, Hannaford) - drove next to Forwards Garage so I could do some volunteering with the VA Medical Center Adaptive Sports Team at their Tuesday Night Cycling event (arrived at 1545) - John and I rode together again (he used his own bike with hand/pedal) - I let him lead and did great - between 1615 and 1700, we rode to the Enfield Depot (5 miles) - while taking a break, I noticed that the chain had broken on my reclining bike - this set off a chain of events that required some of the VA staff to come help us - the two guys that came didn't know the area so took almost 30 minutes to arrive - meanwhile, we waited in the parking lot of George's AG Super Value - after we'd gotten rescued, John wanted to go back on a bike so I was given a regular (two wheeled) bike to accompany him - we headed towards Lebanon - about 15 minutes into our return ride, the battery on John's bike fell on the ground - I tried to fix it but couldn't get the juice back - we continued but John began to get frustrated - fortunately, Jeremy rode the two seat e-bike to our rescue and met us at the US-4 bridge - after getting repaired, we made good time back to where Jenn was waiting - overall, we'd been gone for almost three hours but logged 10 miles under difficult conditions - I left for home just after 1900 and arrived at my condo by 1925 - did some more teleworking before calling it a day]