OK, now I'm done and here is how it happened today: Needed 272 miles today to hit 32K for the year and got there by some very strange twists of fate. Started off planning to shoot a few road signs (for a game on Two Wheeled Texans) and then kick it in the behind to get the needed miles. First little twist was when I was a mile from home and realized I had forgotten my cell phone -- circled back to get it. Next there were a few places where I wanted specific back drops for the pictures and went a few hundred yards extra each time to get them. Third, when I got to Lake McLellan, I decided to take a short cruise through the area on the park road and back out. After leaving the lake area, I then headed over to McLean and made a short detour off my planned route to get a pic of the old Route 66 sign. That took me about 3 miles farther than anticipated around McLean. I left McLean thinking I would head down some isolated back roads to Memphis and over to Silverton and home from there. All that should have easily put me well beyond the 32K mark. As I neared Memphis, it was getting very cold so I stopped there for a quick snack, gas and a warm-up. Decided after the snack to just head for home by my normal route, not really caring about the miles as I was tired and cold. But as luck would have it, I pulled into my drive just as the odo on the cruiser rolled up enough miles to hit exactly 32000 for the year (my personal best) -- must be fate.
