My how things have changed.  Two years ago Bev and I were visiting Wayne and I had this conversation. Wayne:"Hey Walt, want to go for a bike ride?", Me: "Sure", Wayne: "How far do you want to go?", Me: "10 Miles." Wayne: "That's not very far." The conversation this week went: Wayne: "Hey Walt, Saturday is  your last day in town want to go for a bike ride?, Me: "Sure, how far?", Wayne: "We'll do The Loop about 55 miles.", Me: "OK" So I got over to his house before eight and off we went.  Now a ride with Wayne doesn't mean you meet at the loop and ride it you have to go to his house and coast 3 1/2 miles down to it all the while thinking at the end I have to climb it. That is how a 55 mile ride becomes 62.  It was mostly flat and we made a good pace until I slowed toward the end.  Need to spend some time working on my conditioning the next year so I can come back for the Tour de Tucson in November. It got a little warm towards the end and I was glad we got an early stop.  The grind back up to his house wasn't to bad.  Did I mention that the temperature is 15 degrees above the normal for this date (75-91).  Going to leave a few days early and head to San Luis Obispo where the temperature is also considerably over normal and a comfortable 80. Spending this two weeks with Wayne has been great.  I got in a lot of writing and some time just chatting with him.  I learned a lot about biking and some things I need to do to improve.  Will be back.