More interruptions to my riding schedule arouse during the first of the month sprinkled with some extremely windy days and few that I could ride but my mind took over and said “Not Today”. The latter half of the month saw my routine pick back up with a total of 121 miles on both the mountain and road bikes…both with new chains.  Yup, the mountain bike had about 3,000 miles on it and the handy-dandy ‘chain length’ tool in the new repair kit told me it was time for a change.  My total miles to date from the start at the Statue of Liberty of my virtual trip around the world shows 7,039 total miles.  That is about 402 miles short of my next virtual destination stop of Wake Island in the Pacific.  At the pace I’m going I should be there by August 1.  No matter which bike I select, my shinny new chains will glisten in the sunlight as I pass through the neighborhoods and see all the colorful displays.