It was an interesting day. Ann got up early and got ready to go visit Kuekenhof and see the tulips. I was hoping to rent a road bike and do some riding in the countryside. I ended up having no luck using ListNRide, the two vendors I contacted didn't come through. I did get a message from the second one, who suggested I contact Tour de Amsterdam, which turned out to be the first one. I reached out to them, but they replied too late. I was planning on taking the tram over to their location, even got to the ticket booth in Amsterdam Centraal station before I realized I didn't have my wallet. I walked back to the flat and somewhere along the way I saw that they only were open by appointment. So I sent them messages and waited. I waited a little longer after I got back to the station, but they hadn't replied, so I went to MacBike and rented a city bike instead. Headed back to the flat, dropped off some stuff, and planned out a route in Google Maps to Marken generally along the coast. I started out but had a lot of difficulty keeping the map from resetting, very frustrating! I ended up getting off route and had to turn around. Finally got going in the right direction and made my way to the open fields, riding on dikes between them. The riding was easy, as I had a really strong tailwind. I got to a point where the path was closed and had to turn around. It was good that I did, since the force of the wind was fierce. I struggled against it in lowest gear. I turned a couple of times to break up the effort. Eventually started heading generally south without directions, just a digital map to guide me. I crossed over a bridge and saw some ships going through locks, pretty interesting. That got me into an industrial area, where I rode for a while until I crossed another bridge and took a break to eat something and map out my return to the station. I found some roads taking me through East Amsterdam, the another couple of canal crossings brought me into old Amsterdam, and I could follow landmarks to get back. Dropped the bike off and headed back to the flat.
Avg speed = 9.0 mph. Total mileage = 17.3 mi
Total elevation gain = 100'
When I made lunch, I did something to trip the main breaker, so I sent a message to Guchan asking for help. Turns out Ann had sent me the wrong contact number, but eventually we got it figured out. I had found the circuit panel and what I though was the tripped main breaker. When he called me back, he confirmed it and I reset the breaker, so all was good. We had a nice afternoon interlude when Ann got back, then it was a light dinner and a quiet evening, where I went to the store and got some more groceries. <>
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