The World Cup

I believe that is the cup label “#1 Dad” or “Best Dad in the World.” You can find them everywhere. What I got for Father’s Day was a new short story that popped into my head near complete as we left my parents home after visiting my father. So I am advancing on three separate stories this month. If I were a rich man I would buy my dad a condo in Miller Park; the Brewers’ stadium. I’m sure they must have those. I’m watching the news and see that the USA won something.

What may be even more incredible is that I got out to the trails today on my mountain bike. Hard too believe? I wouldn’t believe it myself but for the pictures I took. Yes, the Hoyt Park Beer Garden, a grand German tradition except for the public drunkenness it engenders, is open. Weather permitting, Wednesday thru Sunday 3-9pm. Of course that means the pool was open along with its concession stand. You can order from outside the pool area. The generous expanse of bike rakes were nearly full.

So enjoy our local common amenities. Tomorrow is the odd Tuesday ride put on by Metro Mountain Bikers, but it IS NOT at Hoyt Park. It is at The Alpha Trail, across from the Whitnall Park Golf Course. It’s a free group ride and you’ll see The Rock’s gravity course nearby.

What a beautiful sky.  Yes, the riding season has started for me. It was a short ride to and around the Hoyt Park Trails, just over ten miles, but I lost my vigor at the very end of my ride; the last mile back being all down hill. Surely if I had deep fried that pair of corn dogs I had for lunch my energy would have held. I revived myself with a bowl of chocolate ice cream when I got home. But I kept myself hungry, working on my weight loss until dinner of a frozen pizza and V8-Splash. My wife bought a vegetarian pizza for me. Blah!

Don’t forget The Milwaukee Air and Water Show is this weekend. Maybe we will ride down on our bikes if Misao is up to it and we wake up before it is over.

The $61 Question: What is the title of my new short story I just started today? Impossible to answer you say? Impossible to answer if no one tries to win the money for their favorite charity, and no one ever has. (see Charity Jackpot Page in sidebar, you can triple the amount) But I will give you a clue; it is four words and one of them is “life.”