Farmer's Market....

Quite a few people. No fresh produce.....
Rollin' home with my goodies....

Lots of people on the trail this morning....

Grocery go-getter....

I got up ths morning and said good-bye to Judy as she headed out the door to go to work at the Credit Union. I then checked my e-mail, took a shower, and headed out the door with the Surly for the farmer's market in Cedar Falls. The rear brake was making a very annoying noise as I pedaled along so I decided that I would have The Thin Man check it out after I'd gotten a few items at the market. I was going to stop and see what he had as far as a rear rack anyway, so I'd kill two birds with the proverbial single stone....

I got to the farmer's market over on Third between Franklin and Clay at Overman Park and who do you 'spose the first people I see were? Jackal and Moo with The Queen of Cross. I went over to say "hi" and Rhea leaned toward me, apparently to give me a hug, and reached up to snap the buckle on my helmet. Hmmmmm...... Too cute. I'd just unsnapped it when I rolled into the market and got off my bike. Little Miss Safety got me. It's a good thing that she can't write tickets for things like that because I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten away with just a warning. (I did get a hug, btw....)

I told Jackal that I was planning to stop by The Shop after I finished shopping and see about a rear rack and asked if he had any suggestions. I wanted something that was easy to install and remove and that wouldn't interfere with my fenders when I have them on the bike. He said to get a messenger bag. Hmmmm.... Good idea!

I bought a loaf of peppered parmesan bread and a jar of apple cinnamon jelly and put them in my shopping bag. No one had any asparagus or radishes so I headed to the shop to talk to Brent. Must be a little early for fresh produce around these parts and apparently no one is growing in greenhouses this year. Oh well....

The Thin Man and I looked through the catalog for a rack but we didn't find anything that I liked. He had a silver and red Timbuktu messenger bag that I did like, so I bought that and transferred my bread and jelly to it and rolled down the trail after he'd found and fixed the problem with my brake. Thanks Brent!

We have a graduation open house to attend for the son of one of my co-workers this afternoon then we'll head north to Readlyn for Little Jake's birthday party. He's 5 today! Woohoo!!!! It's gonna be fun!

The forecast for the rest of the weekend is calling for rain. I hope I can get some miles in on the road bike between rain showers.

I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend. Give some thought to our troops, past and present. They are, after all, the reason for this long weekend.

Ride safe.

Peace out, yo!