Friday, June 21, 2013

Friday Egg Shopping Trip - By Trike

Today's APRS/GPS Tracking
FOUR days in a row.  We feel positively righteous.  Hah
We got off relatively early today, which was wonderful since it was already getting very warm and sunny.
We thought to ride east on Frost Road again today, hoping for easier climbs and longer flats.  It was all of that, but hills of ANY kind are not fun to climb, and it's a bit shameful we wind up in Grandma Gear (Lowest Gear Possible) so early on hills and chug ever so slowly toward the crest of each one.  Thank goodness passing cars, pedestrians, and cyclists cannot easily see what gear we are struggling along in.  Just don't tell anyone, OK?
Jacque remembered seeing a roadside sign for eggs at the Tumbleweed Lane intersection, so when we came upon Tumbleweed we turned there and made our first cycling sojourn up that worthy hill.
About a quarter mile up Tumbleweed sat the desired egg vendor;  a typical East Mountain Redneck Palace (Doublewide on an Acre).  We decided to at least ride up to the top of Tumbleweed, which was in view a bit farther up the hill, and stop for fresh eggs on the way back.
When we finally reached the top we were ever so happy to turn around and coast back down to the eggseller's house.  He turned out to be a nice guy, but he was exceedingly proud of his eggs (More than twice what stores charge) so we think this will be the last purchase from this particular entrepreneur.
Today's ride took a relatively short time, since we were running flatter terrain and had no ice cream or soda stores to tempt us to stop.  Other than a couple water breaks and the egg purchase, we just rode out and back.  BORING but still invigorating.  We've decided we MUST keep daily rides going:  Neither of us is in decent shape.....
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.0        Ending Voltage: 13.1
(LiFeP04 battery, still uncharged for 3 days now)
Lowest Temp  75 F      Highest Temp:  84 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  6.10
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  4.9 MPH                                 6.4 MPH                    28.3 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
  1 hour 15 mins                      57 minutes                17 minutes

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