What the Heart's Denied

Since last posting, the following days have gone both from the future and the present and are now residing in the past.
[ Saturday, May 20 2006
[ Sunday, May 21 2006
[ Monday, May 22 2006
[ Tuesday, May 23 2006
[ Wednesday, May 24 2006
[ Thursday, May 25 2006

The following date has moved from the future to the present. To my knowledge, at the present time this date has not yet entered the realm of things past.
[ Friday, May 26 2006

Vijay Viswanathan showed in North Conway Friday evening. I had a very enjoyable wheelchair pushing workout that evening. It's highlight was a mad grunting and going for it during the last fith or so of the distance covered.

I discovered chocolate milk as a muscle recovery beverage after this workout. I figure a quart has to have a fair amount both of sugar and protein.

Saturday was assemble Vijay's handcycle day. Vijay is a paraplegic. He brought a hand powered recumbent three wheeler for his "miling". We covered a good amount of distance, maybe eight miles, just doing errands and shopping and such.

Hmm, Sunday- Sunday had us covering more miles, this time without too many errands or too much shopping to get in the way. A good distance on the flats was followed by a prpoer trip up the hill which leads to the top of Cathedral Ledge. It is about a mile in length and it was about at the limit of Vijay's front wheel drive hand cycle. We did make it all the way up. It did rain through the entire workout.

Monday we left the Schoolhouse Motel in North Conway and went to Appalchian Mountain Club lodging in Pinkham Notch. This lodging left us only a short distance from the Mount Washington Autoroad. The kindness of a local woman, Mrs. Jean Lee, became very instrumental on this day. She carried us and our gear from the North Conway motel to the AMC Joe Dodge Lodge, 15 miles north, into the heart of the Presidential Mountain Range. Dinner at the AMC was satisfying socially as well as nutritionally. We made useful connections, shared loads of fun stories, and stretched the belly just about the perfect amount.

Okay, Tuesday- Wednesday saw "Team Us" come into full bloom. I think Team Us is basically me and whomever else gets wrapped up in these crazy wheelchair projects. Well... Team Us is me and Vijay and whom ever facilitates our effort to get up Mount Washington. Pete rode his bicycle from the AMC the few miles over to the Autoroad and back. We went there to show the road to Vijay, see how his handcycle handled the incline, and make introductions. The highlight was on the reurn to the AMC. The Autoroad manager, Howie Weemys, happened to be returning from a shopping excursion with his wife and pulled over on the highway to say hello. And all the while we looked like we were in the midst of working out. Points were scored.

Wednesay was general rest day and move gear to the yurt at the base of Mount Washington day and eat corn roasted on the outdoor fire day and eat macaroni and cheese heated on the indoor fire day.

Enough said for the moment. There is pizza waiting for me in the next room and I am pressured by the existance of other people in the universe and I am thankful to people and I am of two minds and I get uptight over nothing and everything is fine and I'm gonna write about the road-climb in a separate entry and I hope this present entry does not sound too rushed or lacking in sensitivity or barren of a proper amount of HiddenSomewhere introspection.