To Edgewood and Back on the New Tandem Trike

Today's Trip Tracking via APRS and Ham Radio
Yesterday, Monday, we planned to do a ride out to Edgewood for the ostensible reason of Jacque making a small deposit to her bank account.  We don't need big reasons to go for a ride....
I still had almost no electronics (Like GPS and Ham Radio) on the trike so I spent all morning wiring all that up and building mounts. 
First, I drilled a hole for a 1/4 X 20 stud (cut from a longer bolt) in the front trike stem:

Then, I used a tap to thread the hole for the stud:

Installed the stud and checked the wing-nut fit and grip:

 I mounted the GPS/Radio cluster between my knees on the front post of the trike, and worried it might get in the way  of my cranking clodhnoppers, but it worked out great.

The radio tracker ID for this trip was W5AOX-6, but to distinguish it in the future from our other vehicles, it will be now programmed to beacon W5AOX-2.
When we finally took off for Edgewood, it was about 2:00 PM.
We took the trike on the roof mount on the Exploder down to the pavement to start the ride there since the trike is so long and low and the chain, gears, and idlers easily get crunched when encountering uneven roadway.  That's about the only thing we don't enjoy about the trike.  This late in the day would normally have meant a late and hot ride, but the fall weather made it very reasonable, and the afternoon winds were  cooling, and only mildy bothersome.
When we got to Edgewood we found the restaurants we like to patronize were closed, since it was Monday.  Oh Well.  Another pedaling-day supported by chocolate chip oatmeal "Fiber One" bars.  I go through a lot of these.
Evidently our new trike is such an unusual sight that most motorists give us WONDERFUL clearance as they pass by.  I worried because many impatient drivers pulled way over in the opposite ONCOMING lane in spite of oncoming cars being unsafely close.  Few drivers seem to have any concept of SLOWING DOWN, waiting at crawl speed for an opening, and THEN passing us in the far lane.  However, for us, we had lots of space and lots of consideration, which we wonderfully appreciate.
Thus, so far we really like the trike.  We both get a great workout, we're together and not miles apart as when on separate bikes, and even though the trike seems more than twice as heavy as a single trike, it's FUN, and we'll soon work up to longer distances.
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.0   Ending Voltage: 8.2
Lowest Temp  70 F      Highest Temp:  80 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  26.53
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
4.0 MPH                                 8.1 MPH                    30.3 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
6 hours 41 mins                     3 hours 17 mins        3 hours 24 minutes