- Date: 10-30-2020
- Location: Janes Landing
- Coffee: Randy: Cold brew with hemp milk. Nova: Dirty Chai with hemp milk.
- Miles: 37
- Bike: Specialized hybrid
- Details: My final coffee of the challenge. We rode to a neighboring town via paved and gravel roads. The gravel still pretty wet in places from the recent snow and rain.
Both our coffees were good.
We decided to make a loop out of the ride so after coffee we rode to another neighboring town for lunch and then into the big city for a c-store coffee before returning home.
While eating our lunch on the porch of a vacant building a former co-worker pulled into the parking lot. I hadn’t seen him since I retired over 8 years ago. We had a really nice visit. Encounters like this are even more special during these times where we’re mostly keeping to ourselves.
Coffeeneuring is something we normally do multiple times a week so it’s not so much of a challenge for us like it might be for others who have to find time for it between work and family etc… This year I challenged myself to go to places we hadn’t been before. I only did so-so at that. We went to 2 new coffee shops and 1 new coffee outside location. Next year I think I’ll be more picky about where I go. If I were to do this year’s over again I probably wouldn’t have included the c-store or Starbucks.
Another challenge I gave myself was to ride a different bike each time which I’ve done in the past. I did manage to do that.
At 3 of the 4 coffee shops we visited we consumed our beverages inside. This was our first time drinking or dining in anywhere since the pandemic begin. None of the shops were busy and we felt comfortable being inside. All of the shops served our coffee in a to-go cup. I don’t know if that’s because of the virus. The one shop we have visited before previously served our drink in a ceramic mug.
So another great Coffeeneuring challenge in the books for me. There will be one more post for Nova’s final coffee and I’m also putting together a video of this year’s challenge so be watching for that too.