Holiday Weekend

Didn't get around to writing much this weekend, but I did want to note a couple of things.

I don't know if any of you were at Beth Am, but on the morning of the first day the hagbah guy almost dropped the Torah, twice. Never seen that before. You really have to be right-handed to do that job on Rosh Hashana.

I'm riding in the MS 150 bike tour again this year, this time with my daughter Celia, who is now training up to 17 miles (we're doing 30 together).

While training by myself on Wednesday, I started along the Schuylkill bike path and as I passed Conshohocken, I saw a sign for the "Mid-County Trail." That sounded nice, so I detoured onto it and took a lovely ride through the woods for a half mile or so, with a nice stream alongside the path. Then the woods cleared on one side and the stream ran through a field. Finally, I saw some bright and festive colors through the trees. I came around the bend and saw...the Ikea parking lot. The trail continued past Ikea and the Metroplex, before ending, not at Barnes and Noble/Starbucks like it ought to, but at an underpass where the entire trail is suddenly surrounded by a 10 foot tall cyclone fence. I was a bit confused, but then I saw to one side a small yellow sign that said, "Trail Ends." This is what biking in the suburbs is all about.