Relative Something

I recognized his face right away, but it took a second to figure out from where. When he turned to me and instantly recognized me, we both quickly knew it was PHI.

It was John Newman from the Lab at Physical Electronics. Finding him in the kitchen of a Catholic Church in Ely, Minnesota where the Knights of Columbus were serving us breakfast was a wonderful surprise.

We shared the classic life comparison that follows “What are you doing here!?”

We biked mostly roads to Babbit and back before packing our gear to drive down to Chisholm.

After dinner, some stretching was needed before the walk back to our tents.

My bike was back with the mechanics again to continue their efforts at silencing the ratchety creaking.

Efforts were suspended after a screw sheared that will require more work than they are able to provide from their mobile repair trailer.

I’m going to try gently riding it as is today and see how it does. I will have the phone number for the sag driver handy, if things don’t go well.

It was an interesting day.

Happy Juneteenth today!

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