Riding hasn’t been as comfortable for me this year and that has limited how far we go, but I was up for a last longer ride before surgery. We wanted somewhere different, so we put the bikes in the car and took them to the Zim Smith trail.

This is a nice path. About half is fine cinder and half is asphalt. It was really nice weather as the hot and humid weather finally left and it was a perfect riding day.

A lot of other people had the same idea and there were parts of the path that were pretty crowded, but we found a quiet offshoot to take, which ended up being a long climb. Maybe that is why it wasn’t crowded 😀

20 miles in the book and a nice last pre surgery ride for me. We stopped for lunch at Wired Cafe, which was a cute little coffee shop in Ballston Spa. They roast their own coffee there and have a light food menu.

We had some lunch and then I had my eye on dessert. A baked cinnamon French toast donut topped with a sugar cookie with maple glaze.

Yum! If they sold just that cookie, I would buy a dozen. John had a really good chocolate chip cookie that made him a happy man 😀

Tuesday is surgery day. I have instructions to drink gatorade or powerade the night before and the morning of surgery. It’s supposed to help with a faster postsurgical recovery. I have the lemon lime flavor:

I’m hoping this goes and stays down because my throat wants to lock up with sports drinks.

I will be so glad to get this over with and start recovery. I’m not sure if I will get a What’s Blooming done this week, but I will try. Hoping to be home Wednesday, but a second night in the hospital is a possibility depending on how I feel (I’m planning on one night 😀 ). See you on the flip side!