Day 45 – (AD 950) – 21.8 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – 20,000 Miles On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,


This morning I pedaled 21.8 miles on my Schwinn 170. And today I surpassed 20,000 miles on my Schwinn Fitness Cycles.

December 2, 2012 to and including September 30, 2015, pedaling in 950 days. My totals: 20,005.4 miles; 32,195.6 kilometers.

I have completes 80.3% of my overall goal. Damn.

That was the real part and now for the virtual part. I am now located on N-340a just to the west of Almeria, Spain in the neighborhood of Castell del Rey.

I celebrate. Period.

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Jim

Day 44 – (AD 949) – 22.5 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Dripping Wet On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Well this morning I cycled another 22.5 miles on my Schwinn 170. I’m still hacking and spluttering but I figured I had better pedal just to help all the congestion loosen up…and it sort of worked. My grand totals are 19,983.6 miles; 32,160.5 kilometers. Only 19.7% of my overall goal left to complete.

I am located at Calle Fragata, Ejido, Almería, Spain. Looks like a very quiet and clean resort town.

The humidity is so great here this morning in Tampa that I am feeling extremely claustrophobic in my own home. I just took a squeegee to the windows; feeling much, much better. Funny, I’m only claustrophobic when there are windows in a room that I know that I should be able to look out. Put me in a closed room without any windows, no temporary insanity.

Back in June the Daily Star in the UK reported that a 22-year old woman, in Georgia, “woman allegedly stole 131 pairs of knickers” from Walmart. She was arrested but then went on to her Facebook page to apparently threaten, albeit electronically bully, anyone from mentioning or tagging the incident. “But I will say this one time, the next person to do it – will hear me say this again, only I won’t be so nice about it.”

And does one expect to hide behind a byte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, or a terabyte… Something immediately comes to mind “Do the crime, do the time…” physically, mentally and most definitely infinitely electronically.  Oh yeah, guess she'll be back for another 11 dozen at the end of October.

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Jim

Day 43 - (AD 948) - 23.3 Miles - Jim's Trek Part IV - Still Congested On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled on my Schwinn 170 for 23.3 miles. Totals – 19,961.1 miles; 32,124.3 kilometers. Almost, almost.

This morning I am back on the road, actually N-340a, at 18770 Albuñol, Granada in Spain. According to Google Maps I am headed in a northeast direction

What would we do today without our dial-tones, our rings, our chirps, our fancy 5-note classical piece entrance? Have we become so, so narcissistic, and telecommunication-dependent that we, each one of us, feels that we are that important. And then it becomes even more ridiculous when there are a land-land, a cell-phone line, maybe two cell-lines in a home, a number attached to an iPad or a PC...

Do you jump every time your landline or your cell phones screams at you?  Do you jump every time the identical sound chimes in the same room, when someone has chosen the same ringing alert?  Do you interrupt your human conversation to answer the damn phone. Hell what happened to peace and quiet?

And do you complain that you are getting too, too many unsolicited calls?  Who made you that important?  Who decided that you have to only communicate electronically?  Aren't we the creators of our own infirmity concerning electronic media?

Enough of my screeching.  I'm not answering my bloody phone if I DO NOT NEED to.  Period. Exclamation mark! 

No-Knead Loaf #38 out of the oven. Ingredients – ½ cup Sourdough Starter; 3 cups Bread Flour; 1 teaspoon Salt; just over 1 ½ cups of Water. That’s it. I did write earlier that I attempted to cycle when there were no food cooking odors in the house, but now, the house smells like a bakery. And so I decided that I can work the baking of my No-Knead Bread while I am on my cycle. Hell yes, I take a quick pause to change temperature on the oven and take the bread out. Don’t want to burn the house down…Schwinn or no Schwinn.

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Day 42 – (AD 947) – 22.3 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – 9th Destination and Goal Point On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled 22.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. My totals – 19,937.8 miles; 32.086.8 kilometers.

Today I am located at 11 Calle Falúa, Spain. I have now reached my 9th destination and goal point in my Jim’s Trek Part IV.

Still monitoring my diabetes, sans meds, and recorded this morning’s fasting count at 108.

Last night for supper I made, (thanks BH), Omelet Muffins and couple of slices of Sourdough bread.   Omelet Muffins - Egg, Ham, Onion, Spinach, Oil, Salt, Pepper, Milk, Baking Powder, Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheeses.

At about 10:30 pm I had a bowl of Immunity Soup to help with the congestion.

Cloudy day here in Tampa. I think I’ll vegetate…and do laundry. How special.

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Jim

Day 41 – (AD 946) – 22.1 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Maybe Pedaling On My Schwinn 170 Will Help Clear Up This Congestion

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled 22.1 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 19,838.2 miles; 32,087.5 kilometers. And I have fallen below the 20.0% remaining mark; actually 19.9% of my overall distance is left.

And I said I wanted to get of the regular roads and highways. Well I got my wish this morning. I am definitely off the run of the mill highway. According to Google Maps my virtual location is 17 Calle Juan de Austria in Spain north of Alboran Sea.

Why or why, as I hack and harrumph with the exiting of this flu-thing, do phone solicitors feel, early on a Saturday morning, (and I mean real early on Saturday morning), that the they believe that their opening line, from the text they are reading, “This is not a sales call, but you have been chosen to included in our survey…” is going to get me to respond with any type of grace and finesse? Bloody hell, I do not respond, pleasantly to any phone solicitor, no matter from whatever part of the globe they are from…especially when they are asking me to respond to a damn survey about “the effect of home entertainment on children”.

Another bowl of Immunity Soup. Definitely makes me feel better. Here’s the link – Immunity Soup from 101Cookbooks.com .

I’m fed up with today’s news. Blah, blah, blah!

I did find something interesting on the Good News Network, an article by Terry Turner (September 25, 2015) – “First Airport for Drones Designed To Deliver Emergency Supplies in Africa”.  Good idea, and then I got to thinking that I’m sure Amazon has/must have thought this one through. And sure enough, following up The Wall Street Journal published, by Jack Nicas, July 28, 2015 – “Amazon describes how it wants delivery drones to fly”.   And so I will presume that Amazon will be dotting our global landscape with Drone-ports.

Just my thought, but I am bloody sure it is already in the planning stage.

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Day 40 ½ – (AD 945 ½) – 22.7 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Day of Rest, Not On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today I decided that after nine days of pedaling my Schwinn 170 my legs needed a day of rest. This will be, I think my 82nd day of rest since I began this crazy journey on December 2, 2012.

Loaf #37, this time sort-of No Knead bread. I did knead for 10 minutes between proofing. Tastes just like a sourdough bread, but not sure if it should and can rise some more. I’ve grown the yeast…must the all the dust in this house. (Yup, I read someplace that if a house is too, too clean the wild yeast doesn’t mass as well.)

Combating a flu-bug so I made a pot of Immunity Soup for Supper. Definitely makes me feel better. Here’s the link – Immunity Soup from 101Cookbooks.com .

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Day 40 – (AD 945) – 22.7 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Granada On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

The morning I pedaled 22.7 miles on my Schwinn 170. My totals – 19,893.4 miles; 32,015.4 kilometers.

And I made it to my next destination and goal point, Granada.

This was a must as my father and my paternal line have been traced from Grenada. Not Granada, Grenada. It took me a while to understand the difference between the two places, and the two spellings. Granada is in Spain. Grenada is the island country in the eastern Caribbean. Period.

I am now located at Camino de Ronda at the Rio Genil. I think I could move here…on a dime.

My next destination and goal point is about 108 miles, sort of to the south.

My early morning blood sugar registered in at 110 mg/dL.  It's 10 points above the recommended top of the normal level.  Got to do something.  I'm still not taking any meds but it looks like I've got to avoid the late-nite snacks like the half-bag of Greektown Gyro flavored Lays potato chips I had last night.

My #36 Loaf of No-Knead à la Sourdough is out of the oven. It looks like a connection to the plant-eating dinosaur recently found in Alaska. I know I forget to follow the advice of the author to knead the proofed loaf for 10 minutes. Something to do with the gluten needed work when there is wild versus domesticated yeast. Looks like I’ll be following that procedure with #37.

And it definitely has that sourdough taste.

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