SAN JOSE - As I left my friend Chris's house this morning I checked the PocketMailer to see where I was supposed to be. The top email had the address for City Hall and said 11:00. I rolled up and found Fay, Martin's friend, her first question was "Where are the bike cops?". "What bike cops?". Apparently I was supposed to have met the bike cops and some other people at Cesar Chavez park at 10:30, ooops. I rode down to see if I could find them, it was farther than I thought so I turned back. As I came across the street I saw a TV camera. I pulled up and apologized for missing the escort. Mayor Ron Gonzales gave me the proclamation and Channel 5 video taped it then interviewed me. The really just wanted to talk about water consumption so the angle they were pursuing was pretty clear. When I caught the news that evening there were about 5 seconds of video of me riding crammed in a story about keeping hydrated in the record heat. A radio station was there too, they seemed interested in an actual interview but I never heard it air. The bike cops showed up shortly after and I apologized to them too. The TV people wanted to get a few shots of me riding so I said good bye and headed back to my friends house.
Didn't make it far though. I ended up buying a news paper and sitting in front of a 7-11 drinking a slurpee to cool off. It was record heat after all. An hour later I finally made it back to the house.
Tomorrow's a down day (I'm going to go see Modest Mouse play) so no email. Look for the conclusion of this trip on Sunday though.
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