Tracking via APRS and Ham Radio
Actually, this was HARDLY a 'sprint', more like a crawl, but alliteration requires bending the truth in the title, don'tcha know.
Yesterday, Saturday afternoon, after we arrived at my brother John's in Springville UT, we found them eager to go for a bike ride with us.
Of course, we had to burn most of our remaining daylight by eating supper first, but we got to go for a ride anyway. John's large family has enough bikes for all to ride at the same time but only the youngest, Demetrius, wound up going with us. So it was John, Danese, Demetrius, Jacque, and me. Jacque and I were a bit taken aback when we took off because John rode:
-On the left lane of the city street,
-On sidewalks wherever they were available
-Without lights, helmet, or any so called safety equipment
-And encouraged his 8-year-old to do the same, although thankfully Demetrius wore a helmet.
Jacque and I rode parallel to them as much as possible, in the street, in the correct lane, feeling out of place with our blinking lights, flags, helmets, gloves, etc. We consider ourselves to be casual riders but worried about the relative lack of road protocol. In my mind it's important for people to be using self-powered transportation but it's also nice if we observe common road rules so we don't bump into each other, right?
We saw a bit of waterfowl along our 5-mile ride, including all kinds of ducks, geese, and some kind of pelicans. Springville is aptly named, with springs flowing from the adjacent mountains, and thus the number of waterfowl.
It was getting dark by the time we turned back toward our host's home, so Jacque and I provided the blinky tail lights and headlights to help avoid the few cars we encountered on the way back.
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 18.26
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
4.4 MPH 6.4 MPH 15.8 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
1 hour 10 mins 47 minutes 22 minutes
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