“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
—Albert Einstein
My friend and biking buddy, Bill Rothenberg and I enjoyed a nice cool early morning climb from Kennedy Road to Shannon Road to the Guadalupe Reservoir, reaching an elevation just below 1,800 feet.
We had a number of deer sightings, a pleasant encounter with a guy who was kind enough to show us how he maneuvers his black Remote Control Electric RC truck with the name OJ Rain on driver’s side door up a hilly granite wall off the side of the road above the reservoir. You could tell he was as passionate about his hobby as Bill and I were about biking. He told us that there are other hobbyists who spend up to $20,000 in parts to build their own remote control trucks. I took a number of photos of the reservoir showing the contrast between the water level and the dry beds due to the continued drought. On the exhilarating ride down on well-paved surfaces we stopped at a mountain wood carver place who has sold Bill partial tree trunks and thick saw-cut wood in the past that Bill utilized as raw material to make tables and chairs for his back yard. Our two hour ride got us back home at 10:30 AM, early enough to avoid the near triple digit heat wave that is said to continue the next few days.
Postscript: The quote attributed to Einstein that I used below the title of this post is said to have been something the famous physicist wrote in a letter to his son Eduard in 1930. Recently, Bill gave me a laminated poster of Einstein on his bicycle (photo). With the help of my next door neighbor Vladimir, an engineer who is also a fan of Einstein we secured the poster to the only free space on the wall in the corner of my garage just above where I park and charge my e-bike. Bill too has one in his garage which makes him smile whenever he goes for a bike ride.
