Another fire started somehow up in the Jemez Mountains near Los Alamos. All day yesterday, Sunday, the air got browner and browner and stank clearly of wood smoke. It appears that while the rest of the world suffers from earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods, we appear to be doomed from winds and wildfires. In the last 2 months I'm not sure we've had a week of clear air without "benefit" of forest-fire wood smoke in our eyes and breathing passages. We still have some trees (juniper and pinon, 2 of the most flammable of the earth) too close to our house. They provide some limited isolation from the neighbors across the upper fence, but they just are not safe to have so close to the house in these drought conditions, with the unlimited capacity of brain-challenged humans to smoke, start campfires, and set off fireworks (all illegal but prevalent activities). So out comes the chainsaw.... gotta cut those bad boys down and hopefully burn them in the wood stove this winter or next instead of them burning US when wildfire again rips through our neighborhood.
If you ever click on my radio/GPS tracker link above, you may notice I now have a slightly newer system in place: My position reports also contain my current battery voltage, temperature in Centigrade, GPS satellite quality (HDO stands for Horizontal Dispersion Of Precision), number of satellites in view, etc. More useless info that I find interesting, especially the battery voltage readings.... I can more fully analyze and understand what my battery pack(s) are doing during a trip. The vendor of this upgraded system is Argent Data Systems.
This morning's bike commute was quite pleasant. The air was relatively clear and flavor free, and it was a bit warmer than we're all used to. Riding the bike, the resulting breeze-in-the-face feels good, helping to keep me cooled down in spite of the exertion involved. Stopping for even a few minutes results in rapid realization that it's TOO HOT. BAH
Awakening BG: 93 Post-Ride BG: 64
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.1 Ending Voltage: 12.2
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed10.1 Mph 11.9 mph 24.5 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
44:04 mins 37:27 mins 06:37 mins
The ride back to the car was uneventful , with the usual afternoon headwind. Very hot breeze so it wasn't as cooling as it has been recently.
The new fire up in Los Alamos County has again forced mass evacuations, with my son Jimmy and his family having to spend last night in a motel and now they're migrating to Las Cruces to stay with Joan, Jimmy's Mom. The Los Alamos Lab is closed for now, hopefully they are able to keep paying the employees who cannot come to work through no fault of their own.
Beginning BG: 254 (!!) Post-Ride BG: 244 (!!)
Beginning Battery Voltage: 12.1 (No intermediate charging) Ending Voltage: 11.9
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
08.6 Mph 10.1 mph 20.8 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
51:50 mins 44:11 mins 07:39 mins
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