Deja Vu, A Long Walk

Saturday morning I once again was in the office early to shut down the network operations center for hopefully the last time for more work on the emergency back up generator. The down time this go round was less than before which was an improvement. I had the NOC back up and running before lunchtime.

During the afternoon I went to to the swamp but not to ride, but to walk. I have been to the swamp a ton of times over the years but only a handful of those did it involve me traversing by foot. I almost always was on an EUC for the visit. The swamp was very dry this time of year but I did see an area of water right by the start that had a bunch of smaller gators in it, at least a dozen. I saw something pretty crazy while standing there.

A medium size gator apparently caught a fish and bit it in half. The combination of the gator and the fish flailing sent half of the fish flying onto the ground by the water where herons quickly took care of it. The gator ate the other half within a second or two. It was very cool to actually see that happen, something I never experienced in 15 years of going to the swamp.

It was unseasonably hot Saturday. I had a significant sweat worked up in no time. In total the walk was close to 5 miles, the farthest distance I have traveled on foot in quite awhile. My knees were not very happy with me but I chose to believe that it was just a side effect of my not asking them to carry me that far on uneven terrain in such a long time.

Over the rest of the weekend I took care of a number of small little chores/projects. On Sunday afternoon I rode my new F22 wheel over to the US Open pickleball championship to catch a few games. It was a nice 90 minutes where I grabbed some food and drink while I watched players much better than I battle it out in the heat. As usual I got a lot of strange looks and various questions about the wheel.