Back & Forth Frost Road Track
I hadn't thought I would get a bike ride in at all yesterday, but about 4:30 PM or so I noticed I had a stamped envelope containing our monthly house payment inside that needed mailing - so I decided to ride up to the Post Office and use that excuse for at least a short ride.
The "ride up to the PO" is not an easy one.... it's a gradual but long uphill pull that leaves me breathless before the first thousand yards are accomplished.
Yesterday, it was shocking to behold the outside air: A fire had started about an hour earlier miles across the Sandias, at the Bosque (wooded area near the Rio Grande) at the north end of Corrales. The wind had blown the smoke plume up over Sandia Crest so thick it looked like the entire mountain was on fire, and out here the air was thick with nasty smoke.
All the way to the PO and back I heard continuous chatter on the ham radio about the fire and the smoke. If we don't get some decent summer rains, soon, our entire state is going to burn, and of course most of the west is suffering from multiple wildfires currently burning. Hundreds of homes have already been destroyed just in New Mexico and Colorado.
Again, as usual, a stiff headwind presented itself once I got down to the pavement of Frost Road, and the weather was so warm I appreciated it for cooling me down a bit.
Of course, what goes up must come down...... normally a pleasure on a bicycle. Most of the return leg east from the PO to our turnoff is downhill and a nice rest from the tiring ride just endured getting UP it.
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0 Ending Voltage: 12.8
Ride's Lowest Temperature: 80.4 degrees F -- Highest Temperature: 82.6 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 5.54
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
06.2 MPH 7.7 MPH 30.0 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
53 mins 58 secs 43 mins 21 secs 10 mins 37 secs
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