Well Plato's cave is full of freaks
Demanding refunds for the things they've seen
I wish they could believe
In all the things that never made the screen
—Jack Johnson, "Inaudible Melodies"
No time for a real note today, because I'm busy on other projects. But I did ride 31 miles yesterday, down around Gilroy, and didn't want to let it pass without notice.
Beautiful weather for mid-October. Someone said it was 75 degrees Fahrenheit after the morning cool burned off. I believe them. The hills smelled of dark oak and dry grass, with a slight tang of eucalyptus.
Terrific ride. Organizers said we had 1,500 feet of climbing, but it never felt like it. Several slow, easy grades—none felt like more than 200 or 250 feet. They must have added up. Plenty of cows along the way, and windmills pumping water, and tractors and grape vines. A few fields filled with pumpkins by the roadside. Very enjoyable ride.
The Jack Johnson quote doesn't have anything to do with any of that. But I heard it on the radio again this morning and didn't want it to go unnoticed either.
Beautiful weather for mid-October. Someone said it was 75 degrees Fahrenheit after the morning cool burned off. I believe them. The hills smelled of dark oak and dry grass, with a slight tang of eucalyptus.
Terrific ride. Organizers said we had 1,500 feet of climbing, but it never felt like it. Several slow, easy grades—none felt like more than 200 or 250 feet. They must have added up. Plenty of cows along the way, and windmills pumping water, and tractors and grape vines. A few fields filled with pumpkins by the roadside. Very enjoyable ride.
The Jack Johnson quote doesn't have anything to do with any of that. But I heard it on the radio again this morning and didn't want it to go unnoticed either.
2 comments:
Pop songs can be full of so many fascinating references--Plato's cave, indeed! Those dead white men still bring 'em in. :-)
A.
At least the guy singing it was Hawaiian. And not dead.
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