Off the bike task day!

June 29^th, 2026

Soldotna, Alaska

Slept in today, like really slept in.  Woke just before 11:00am.

Showered and then put on the bike pants and by long sleeve shirt I had not used yet so I could take the rest of the stuff over to laundry place a block down the street.

Once I had all the dirty stuff bagged up, walked over to the laundromat.  Figured out the cost and changed a $10 for quarters. (Load was 4.25, but .25 for 5 mins on dryers).

I also needed detergent, left mine in room, so was another 2.50 in quarters.

Ran the single load and then took 20 minutes to dry, so was there about an hour.

Walked back to room and hung up the shirts which had a few damp spots to let them air dry, then laid rest on table to let dry if need, though could not feel any moisture on them.

I then grabbed my laptop and walked a few blocks more to a local Mexican restaurant.

Place was in small strip mall, 3 doors.  First one I could not see in, so thought it might be blocked, second clearly had a table in front of it, so went inside the third which had the lighted open sign next to it.

This door was actually for the bar; first door was the dining room.  But decided I would eat in the bar, was actually empty at the moment and bartender immediately struck me as a cool dude.

Sat at the bar, really high bar with really high stools.

Ordered a Coke and read menu and the bartender brought me chips and salsa.

Decided to get a big combo plate with 3 different items to have some variety.

Then worked on my video while we talked about other things.

Few others came in while there, and discussion was mostly about the World Cup game which was on the TV.

I finished food and then decided I would return to room, too noisy to do video editing in a bar.

Walked back and worked on the video and managed to get it uploaded that evening.

I then did a few other small social media updates and put away the clothes from earlier.

Then I started another video and had it mostly done by the time I went to bed about 1:00am.

Will finish in in the morning.