Steamy Saturday Sallying

Circuituous Tracking via APRS and Ham Radio
It was wonderfully cool and cloudy when we departed for our "early" morning ride today... trouble is, by the time we got rolling it was already 10:37 and getting a bit warm..... and of course the clouds dispersed and allowed Mr. Sun to over-warm us as we rode.
We turned south on Gutierrez Canyon Road, planning to do a loop again south to olde Route 66, west to Tijeras, north to Sandia Park, and then the last couple miles east to the parked Ford Exploder.
As we finally topped the last "Roller" hill, though, we (read "I") were getting a bit overheated and tired and worried about trying to pull the longish hill going northbound out of Tijeras an hour or more later, when it would be EVEN hotter.  We've had daily showers this last week, and earlier in the morning it feels cool and moist, but the resulting humidity makes it more uncomfortable after the day warms up.  We dickered back and forth a few times about whether or not to do the entire loop or turn back, when I decided "Oh, my Heck, why not go for the whole loop?"  Just a few moments after this blazing inspiration Jacque announced "Let's Turn Around."  She'd just gotten one of those weird women's feelings that we should turn around, and I didn't need any pressure to do so.  When we arrived at the intersection at Frost Road we agreed we should turn west and at least do the Post Office run thing, as well as the Lemonade / Ice Cream Sandwich thing up a quarter mile farther at the Shell Station.  We were already a bit warmed-over and tired so the long pull uphill west to the PO was a struggle, but of COURSE we persevered and made it anyway.  After a short break and Jacque brought out the mail, we started off only to hear a dreadful CLUNK which we have learned to recognize as "DISASTER, Will Robinson" - or some such dire announcement.  For those of you too young to remember this funny show, here are 2 links that show my fascination with it:
June Lockhart, Previously Timmy's Mom from "Lassie"
DANGER WILL ROBINSON !
Back to the Bike.  The rear drive wheel had worked itself loose, again, and had popped out of the hanger brackets and jammed the cassette and chain.  Good thing we'd followed Jacque's prompting or who knows where the wheel might have come loose..... maybe going 27 MPH down the southern portion of Gutierrez Canyon Road?  Mercy.
We got it put back together successfully and lubricated.  Up at the Treat Stop, aka the Shell Station, we as usual received lots of comments from bystanders and passers-by about the trike and the Travelling Doggie, Tinkerbell.
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.9        Ending Voltage: 13.2
(I finally charged the new Lithium-Ion Battery )
Lowest Temp  77 F      Highest Temp:  86 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  8.48
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  3.1 MPH                                 5.4 MPH                    28.2 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
  3 hours 7 mins                     1 hour 45 mins          1 hour 21 minutes