Archimedes wasn’t the only one to have his Eureka moment. We all have one now and then. Such moments are especially satisfying when we find something that we thought we had lost.  

Day before yesterday I dropped a bidon while riding; and couldn’t find it. It was still dark; and I didn’t have much time to waste looking for the thing. I figured the bottle was probably gone for good. Those things cost about seven bucks apiece at my bike shop; and I wasn’t thrilled about having to buy another one.

This morning I rode to the salvage store, as I  often do on Saturdays. On the way home, I slowed down when I reached the area where I had dropped that water bottle; and kept a watch for it. Amazingly, I spotted it. EUREKA!

So I stopped to pick up my bidon; and then I saw a large tanker heading downriver. I waited for it to pass, to see if I could identify its flag. It’s fun to looks at different countries’ flags; and today I knew the one on the passing ship: Norway! But I promptly forgot the ship’s name. It began with “L”; and that’s all I remember.

It would be great if my eureka moment could be over a crock of gold; but that’s unlikelier by far than finding lost cycling equipment. It’s rare enough to see the end of a rainbow at all; so I’ll have to be satisfied with finding that water bottle.