Day 206 – (AD 636) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.5 Miles – Doing Well on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

Today I pedaled 21.5 miles on my Schwinn 170. Cycling done, sit-up done, banana strawberry smoothie downed.

And yes there is something serene about the desolate virtual highway as I continue on this crazy Trek near the north-western coast of Western Australia. I am now 127 miles from my next goal and destination point.

“To believe in a universe that is only 6 or 7 thousand years old is to extinguish most of the light in the most of our galaxy or the rest of the universe” and… If you want to see what’s in a black hole check out your nearest used car lot. Thoughts from Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

While I pedal my Schwinn 170 I use and dictate my occasional thought to my iPhone. My time, the real time this morning, I said "70 minutes"… Transcribed by my iPhone “Seven emailing me that in a minute.”

And then I said “John Herschel – photography” but iPhone repeated “John Herschel photon graffiti”

Photon Graffiti - Photo by Michael Bosanko, 

found on Savannah’s blog – Daily Life of a College Student

The reason I passed high-school English composition – Leonard Cohen, Arlo Guthrie, and Mr. Patterson, Stanstead College.

Our new quilt design NND is off and running.

Yes my mind is all over the place. Nothing new. Period.

Jim’s Trek counted 51,224.

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Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 205 – (AD 635) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.1 Miles – Still on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 22.1 miles on my Schwinn 170. The grand total is now 13,028.1 miles.

I’m not sure that I can stand many more miles of red dirt on my virtual Trek through Western Australia. Yes I am headed north on the National Highway 1, and yes this is a different image from yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that.

And when looking for Bella, she does not want to be bothered…from time-to-time.

The Sycamores have been revived once again; this is number 5, (not including the countless school and community theater productions). And yes I would like to see it…again. But according AP critic Mark Kennedy, “It would be nice if they (the actors) were all rowing in the same direction.”

From the first time I saw ‘You Can’t Take It With You’ I scratched it down as the top of my favorite productions. It still is…and I try to see it whenever I can. Maybe I did instill George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s subliminal and blatant messages in my own credo that many years ago. Guess what may be my next Schwinn 170 viewing companion?

And in 2014 who’s still trying to take it? In 1936, Grandpa Martin Vanderhof relayed “Lincoln said, ‘With malice toward none, with charity to all,’ Nowadays they say, ‘Think the way I do or I’ll bomb the daylights outta you.”

This morning’s blood sugar reading – 91. Last night’s supper, Bacon-wrapped stuffed Salmon Roll and Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea, and Kalamata Olive Salad. Yes I love food.

Jim’s Trek counted 51,124 Pageviews for 666 posts. Daily average number of Pageviews is increasing.

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Jim

Day 204 – (AD 634) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.3 Miles – 13,006.0 Miles on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled another 21.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. And today I crossed the 13,000 mile mark; 13,006.0 miles, 20,931.2 kilometers. Only 47.77% more to go.

I am now averaging just over 20.5 miles a day. That is the real part.

On my virtual Trek I am located on the National Highway 1 and I am still in the State of Western Australia. I am headed in a northeasterly direction, but the landscape along the roadside still hasn’t changed much.

Why?  Why?  Why? And WHY?

And I think that I will never be able to look at a baby again who has been “head-geared” by some doting parent or grandparent…without cracking up.

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Jim’s Trek counted 51,058 pageviews this morning. My blog is ranked #2 of the Top 50 Bike Tour Sites at TopListed.net.

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Jim

Day 203 – (AD 633) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.3 Miles – Images of Red Dirt on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 21.3 miles on my Schwinn 170 and yes I did get around to doing the 200 sit-ups.  Thank you AJ - One ab, maybe 2...

Today, as every day for the past while, I am on the Great Northern, National Highway 1. I’m down to 192 miles now away from my next destination and goal point.

And when I write and update my Jim’s Trek, I have come to accept… (Hell it’s been 665 posts and I do claim a very British background), when you, the reader say “No yeah that’s very interesting” – Meaning: "You are boring me to death."

Maybe a shallow reason for breaking up a relationship –


“It was four days before my birthday and s/he said s/he was going to get me a gift. I knew I couldn’t break up with her/him for at least 30 days after accepting her/his gift and I wasn’t willing to make a 34-day commitment to the relationship.”

This Johnny-come-lately just stumbled upon a very good series on PBS, Art21 – Art in The Twenty-First Century. This morning as my pedaling companion I watched Boundaries featuring the artists – David Altmejd, Lynda Benglis, Tabaimo, Eli Sudbrack, and Christophe Hamaide-Pierson.

And The Daily Meal hits a touch-down with Julie Ruggirello's article "10 Foods That Aren't Worth Making From Scratch".  But I think that there is a subliminal deception in Dan Myers' write up "The 11 Best Chain Restaurant All-You-Can-Eat-Deals"... Say what?

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Jim

Day 202 – (AD 632) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.2 Miles – Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

I feel extremely small. This morning’s viewing companion was the first episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Just amazing…and no, I am not cycling off to Pluto with V-ger.

My address apart from Tampa, Florida, United States, and North America continues on to

Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Observable Universe, and beyond.

Hell, I’m less than a speck of dust on my Schwinn 170.

This morning I cycled 22.2 miles on my Schwinn 170. My total miles to date are 12,963.4; 20,862.6 kilometers…and it is just 14 seconds to midnight.

I am currently located, on the virtual part of my Trek, near the north-western coast of Western Australia. I am still located on the National Highway 1. Yes the road still looks the same as it did yesterday and the days before that. I did take a quick turn off the road to get a look at the Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park, and it appears that finally I have company.

Egg pudding. And if I may comment, I think this is gross…but I do live by the adage “Try it you may like it.”

I love gadgets, especially kitchen ones, but an Okashina Tamago Mawashite Mawashite Marugoto Purin (literally, Pudding Whole Turn Turn Funny Eggs), is just not something I would want to see in my stocking this Christmas.

This mini-slot machine hand-cranks, what appears to be the white and the yolk of an egg, in the whole egg into a sort-of like solid custard. The animation of the spinning egg is just worth the watch. Of course there are instructions for what appears to be a scrambled/unscrambled egg… And of course I can think of the Easter bunny getting a wee bit dizzy.

Afghan #7 is beginning to lengthen and we are continuing the start/stop quilting work on our new Equality quilt. I guess I need to update our current projects status.

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Jim

Day 201 – (AD 631) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.1 Miles Today on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

This morning I got back on my Schwinn 170 and pedaled 22.1 miles; total to date 12,941.2 miles; 20,826.9 kilometers. And for some reason after taking yesterday off I really did not want to get on my fitness cycle, but I figured that it was only me going to finish the outstanding 48.03% of my goal.

And today I am on the Great Northern Highway, still in the area of the Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia. I now have 235 miles more to go to get to my next destination and goal point.

Last night’s bill of fare was Smoked Sausage and Chicken Gumbo on Spaghetti Penne. And yes I cooked supper. Needless to say my blood sugar count this morning jumped up 7 points to 100. Oh well…I just touched the good normal range. My three-month average, close to the calculation of my A1c is 94.7 mg/dL


Alexander Graham Bell once said - "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

Just wondering, of course while I was pedaling this morning, what happens when an open door is never closed? 

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Afghans SB and Jim’s Gotta Eat have not been changed as yet. They can still be reached at the following addresses –

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Jim

Day 200 ½ – (AD 630 ½) – Jim's Trek Part III – No Miles Today on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

Today I decided that I needed to rest. I have now cycled a total of 200 days as a part of Jim’s Trek III and a grand total of 630 days. I began this crazy and epic journey on my Schwinn Fitness cycles on the 2nd of December 2012. That is total of 662 days since the beginning and today is the 31st day that I have “rested”.

Appointments and errands were the main preoccupation this morning. And my favorite dress shop, not that I have ever had any inkling of putting on a dress, just always manages to astound me. I just relish the sans-tête mannequins.

Worked on my URLs today. Please make note of the following changes; (the “blogspot” has been removed from the addresses) –

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Afghans SB and Jim’s Gotta Eat have not been changed as yet. They can still be reached at the following addresses –

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Jim’s Trek realized 50,674 pageviews.

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Jim

Day 200 – (AD 630) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.7 Miles – 12,919.1 Miles on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

Another 21.7 miles on my Schwinn 170 and today the odometer clocked 12,919.1. Only 48.12% left to go.

This morning on my 200th Day of Jim’s Trek III in Australia I am located on the Great Northern Highway in the area called Eighty Mile Beach in the State of Western Australia. The Eighty Mile Beach lies along the north-west coast, but according to Wikipedia “it is a beach some 220 kilometers (140 mi) in length.” It forms the coastline where the Great Sandy Desert approaches the Indian Ocean.

There is not much that I can say after I watched this 2013 short film Tzafar. A powerful 2 minutes and 38 seconds...


Work has begun on Afghan #7.

We are prepping our work for the Fiber Expressions show and exhibit this coming October and November at the UU Octagon Arts Center in Clearwater.

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Jim

Day 199 – (AD 629) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.7 Miles – Still in Western Australia on My Schwinn Fitness Cycle

Good Day,

Today’s pedaling – 21.7 miles on my Schwinn 170. And it is humid in Tampa. The thunder boomers are on their way.

It works out that I pedal about 0.08% of my overall goal on the days that I pedal. This means that .08% translates to 21.7 miles or 34.9 kilometers. I think that this country should change to the metric system. I like the bigger numbers.

No change in the scenery on my virtual route at my location on the National Highway 1 in Western Australia.

I’ve just wondered how many gas stations exist on this route that I have chosen. One would think that the odds are somewhat astronomical that for every 20-plus miles that I travel on my Trek I would from time-to-time chance upon some sort of filling station. I’m sure that it would get somehow lonely if one would run out of gas.

My blood sugar held at 90 again this morning. It must have been the added walking through Busch Gardens yesterday afternoon.

The Meerkats’ exhibit and home is back in place; I counted six residents. The Pack is enough without having to worry about some Meerkats.

Jim’s Trek realized 50,506 pageviews.

Just waiting for the skies to explode and open up.

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Jim

Day 198 – (AD 628) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.5 Miles – Pardoo Station, Western Australia – My Schwinn Fitness Cycles

Good Day,

This morning I continued my exercise journey and completed another 21.5 miles on my Schwinn 170.
My total miles to date are now 12,875.78; 20,721.5 kilometers. I have accomplished 51.71% of my overall Trek goal. Scholastically maybe not a great grade, but mentally and physically... I think I pass.

On Jim’s Trek Part III, I have now completed 4,258.6 miles or 40.58% of the near total miles I hope to pedal as a part of my virtual Trek in Australia. Today I pedaled and I am now east past Pardoo Station in Western Australia

And there is no snow or red dirt today in Tampa it is a beautiful day…and one of the orchids is blooming.

Yes I was able to record a drop of 14 points to my blood sugar. This morning I recorded in at 90 mg/dL.  Per WebMD "A normal sugar level is currently considered to be less than 100 mg/dL when fasting and less than 140 mg/dL two hours after eating."

I guess I may be doing something right. I stumbled across this article/response in Berkeley Wellness by Dr. John Swartzberg – Leeway in Healthy Weight – dated January 1, 2011  “Make sure your waist is less than 40 inches (35 inches for women). Keep exercising and watching what you eat. And enjoy the fly fishing.”

Our Sleep Jezebel is at the penultimate point of being completed.  Thought you may like a preview.  Stay tuned for our updates at Quilts SB.

And we are looking for a name for our just about finished Afghan #6.  Any ideas would be appreciated. We've added something completely different... a fringe of tassels.  Check for updates at Afghans SB.

Jim’s Trek realized 50,444 pageviews.

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Jim

Day 197 – (AD 627) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.4 Miles – 658th Post – My Schwinn Fitness Cycles

Good Day,

This morning I chose to crank up a manual program on my Schwinn 170; 12 resistance and 70 minutes. I cycled 21.4 miles and burned 611 calories. My total miles pedaled now equal 12,854.2; 20,686.9 kilometers in 627 days. I have completed 51.62% of my intended and overall goal since I began on December 2, 2012. And I’m still going.

Today I crossed over the De Grey River in northern Western Australia. I am still located on the Great Northern Highway and just about 323 miles from my next destination and goal point. And the road image from Google Maps is different…but it is still bloody boring. Just a lot of red dirt and empty space.

My blood sugar was up to 104 because of what I ate yesterday at Red Lobster. Once in a blue moon when they have the shrimp special I get a craving. And of course I have to eat a number of biscuits.   But there is some mental justification going on in my head as I'm sitting at a table that is in a main passage way of the incoming and out-going patrons. My justification: I felt thin.

I think I had four and 1/2 biscuits... And then I consumed one and a half baked potatoes, Shrimp Sriracha, Shrimp scampi, Shrimp scampi, Coconut shrimp, Shrimp Parmesan, and Shrimp scampi... and Coconut shrimp. And then I had the Chocolate Wave cake with vanilla ice cream and I had a Caesar salad. But I was good. I had it without croutons.



I just knew that after pigging out on Thursday, and all the shrimp and chocolate cake and biscuits, I would see a spike in my blood sugar. I just knew. Guess I need to take it easy concerning what I eat for the next couple of days in order to offset the increase.

My three month average is 95.1 mg/dL which translates to an A1c of less than 5.11. I’m still keeping my diabetes in check and I have gone 1 year and 2 months without any diabetes medication.

Jim’s Trek realized 50,360 pageviews as of total.
Afghan status: Afghan #5 - all strips created; Afghan #6 - Completed. Stay tuned for an update to Afghans SB; Afghan #7 - started.  We are now connecting and attaching the binding to our new Sleep Jezebel.

It is now averaging just over, according to Blogger, 76.5 pageviews daily. Not bad for this crazy Trek.

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Day 196 – (AD 626) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.0 Miles – More Red Dirt on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today my program of choice on my Schwinn 170 was Summit Pass. Not wanting to exceed any expectations I programmed 71 minutes and completed 21.0 miles and burned 577 calories.  My total miles today are now 12,832.8; 20,652.4 kilometers.  Only 48.46% more to go.

Four programs completed –

1. Pike’s Pike – 19.0 miles, 457 calories. (Then added 6 min. = 2.2 miles, 72 cal.: Total 21.2 miles; 529 cal.) 70 minutes
2. Mt. Hood – 19.1 miles, 470 calories. (Then added 8 ½ min. = 2.7 miles, 81 cal.: Total 21.8 miles; 551 cal.) 70 minutes
3. Pyramids – 25.2 miles, 600 calories, 91 minutes
4. Summit Pass – 21.0 miles, 577 calories, 71 minutes

I am now located on my virtual Trek in Western Australia and it appears that I am headed in an easterly direction on the Great Northern Highway. According to Google Maps I am on the Highway in an area (or place) called De Grey. It is now just 344 more miles to my next destination and goal point.

I had a question and found the following response at the Live Strong website – “Is an Exercise Bike Good for Cardio?” by Susan Lundman, Aug. 2013. Follow up question – Should I start thinking…some more?

Per James Altucher’s September 17 opinion in the New York Observer there are “4 Things You Can Learn in Ten Minutes That Will Make Your Life Better.”  $2.00 bills, doctor’s coat, waiter’s pads, and stand-up comedians. I like his thought process.

Does one expect a hearse to pull up when Funeral Potatoes are served?

And I think there is a duppy in my house.  I keep turning the door light off on my wine refrigerator  and the duppy keeps turning it back.  No, I am not a lush...but the wine refrigerator is just under the counter next to my PC desk.

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Jim

Day 195 – (AD 625) – Jim's Trek Part III – 25.2 Miles – 12,811.8 Miles on My Schwinn Fitness Cycles

Good Day,

This morning I chose the Pyramids program on my Schwinn 170. I set the calories to be burned at 600. Well I ended up pedaling 91 minutes, 21 more than my norm...but I ended up cycling 25.2 miles.

Three programs completed –

1. Pike’s Pike – 19.0 miles, 457 calories. (Then added 6 min. = 2.2 miles, 72 cal.: Total 21.2 miles; 529 cal.)
2. Mt. Hood – 19.1 miles, 470 calories. (Then added 8 ½ min. = 2.7 miles, 81 cal.: Total 21.8 miles; 551 cal.)
3. Pyramids – 25.2 miles, 600 calories.

Virtually my Trek in Western Australia has now reached Pippingarra.  I have cycled a total, as of today, 12,811.8 miles; 20.618.6 kilometers.  I have also pedaled a total of 4,194.7 miles in Australia.

Last night's supper - Green Beans with Peanut Sauce and my version of Kung Pao Chicken.  Blood sugar count down another point to 88.

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Jim

Day 194 – (AD 624) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.8 Miles – Comparing Programs on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

I cycled this morning 21.8 miles on my Schwinn 170. This morning's cycle program is the Mt. Hood program.

My results for pedaling 70 minutes of Mt. Hood program are 19.1 miles and 470 calories. I added an additional 8 ½ minutes of cycling which equaled 2.7 miles and 81 more calories burned.

Two programs completed; time frame 70 minutes –

1. Pike’s Pike – 19.0 miles, 457 calories. (Then added 6 min. = 2.2 miles, 72 cal.: Total 21.2 miles; 529 cal.)
2. Mt. Hood – 19.1 miles, 470 calories. (Then added 8 ½ min. = 2.7 miles, 81 cal.: Total 21.8 miles; 551 cal.)

I am now headed in a northerly direction on the Great Northern Highway. But the landscape has not changed. 390 miles to my next destination and goal point.

And I have pedaled a total of 12,786.6 miles; 20,578.1 kilometers.

It is amazing that at 10:00 am on an overcast Wednesday morning there are a number of persons waiting, waiting. I thought that I would be smart and avoid the traffic, the human traffic. My guess is that everyone else in the confines of the 10' by 15' waiting room had the same idea.

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Jim

Day 193 – (AD 623) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.2 Miles – Mundabullangana on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I decided to start a new program on my Schwinn 170. I decided that beginning today I would try out every preset program provided with my Schwinn 170.

For the past 623 days I have cycled at an average of 20.5 miles a day. I have been pedaling at a 12 out of 25 resistance. Occasionally I will increase the resistance up to 21. With this past program I burn just over 600 calories.

Today I chose the Pike’s Peak program and set the time factor for 70 minutes. At the end of 70 minutes I had pedaled 19.0 miles and burned 457 calories. I then continued with a manual program at a 12 resistance and pedaled an additional 2.2 miles and burned 72 more calories. My totals for today – 21.2 miles and 529 calories. And I seemed to sweat one hell of a lot more.

My grand total is now 12,764.8 miles; 20,543.0 kilometers. Only 48.74% of this Trek left to go.

On my virtual Trek I am still on National Route 1 and just west of Mundabullangana.

By chance I found this video on YouTube which gives me a quick focus of where I am located on this crazy Trek of mine.



And politicians are the same no matter where on this planet. Period.

So my question is – Do I focus on today, (my obvious answer – Yes), or do I focus on about 10 days down the road?

Check your biorhythms at Façade.

And the border has been added to our Afghan #6. I will be posting details shortly at Afghans SB.

My viewing companion these past couple of days has been Codebreaker, the 2011 film of the story of Alan Turing played by Ed Stoppard.  Extremely interesting.  And today I started a new series - Midsomer Murders.  17 seasons based on the books of Caroline Graham should keep me company for some time

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Jim