From 公館 to 聖人瀑布

On Thursday night, Charlie told me that there was coverage of the entertainment show host, 聶雲, about his hobby to bike onto Mt. Yang-Ming in the latest issue of 壹週刊. I got excited about the whole thing. After I met Dad at his hotel, I bought a 壹週刊 and check it out immediately. I was really encouraged by the news report and decided to take my first night biking and go up to Mt .Yang-Ming. I was too naive for all of this but I did not know that. Biking at night in the riverside cycling lanes are not so dangerous or horrible as you might think. The illumination was good around the entrance areas of every riverside park but as you go farther from the entrance areas of these parks, the illumination gets worse. So I have to concentrate myself on everything on and beside the cycling lane. But there are also a few cyclists on the lane when I did my cycling so basically I felt safe though a bit nervous. Riding via the riverside cycling lanes to Mt. Yang-Ming from NTU where I live is not a good idea. The distance is much longer than riding through the city downtown and it took me much more time too. I started my biking at nearly 22:00 and got to Sun Yat-Sen Soccer Stadium at about 23:15. So I gave up my plan to Mt. Yang-Ming and began my way back home. I dropped by my dear friend, Mr. Lai, who lives in the vicinity of 永康街 and got special gifts from him. We bought salty fried chicken and some fried snacks and shared the snacks while chatting at Yong-Kang Park. It was a lovely night.

I just could not forget my plan and repress my desire to bike up to Mt. Yang-Ming so I called my friend, Charlie, about our plan to bike up to Mt. Yang-Ming this Saturday morning. It is, however, a pity that it rained this early morning and our biking plan was delayed for realization. But we're also quite lucky because it stopped raining at around 10:00 and we restarted our biking plan. I started off at 10:30 and met Charlie at the park near his home at 11:20. Before we started our trip to Mt. Yang-Ming, he bought drinks at 7-Eleven and we shared some bananas. Our biking plan was to go up to Chinese Culture University via the route with its entrance beside Ming-De Amusement Park. This biking route made me really excited. However, we failed to realize it eventually. Charlie didn't feel so good today and it was near noon, really hot and humid when we were biking up via 至善路, so Charlie got tired quickly and requested for rest several times. In response to this situation, we modified our plan and decided to bike up to 聖人瀑布 today, no more or he would be dying.

We arrived at the scenic spot 聖人瀑布 at about 13:30, although we didn't really go to see the waterfalls. Initially, I wanted to go up further but I got 落鏈 just when I started to go up further within 100 meters so I stopped and we fixed the problem by teamwork with Charlie. It's a nice trip although we are still not be able to realize my dream to bike up to Mt. Yang-Ming. To go up Mt. Yang-Ming is my goal next week.

Total Biking Distance Today: 39.85km