Tiny Tuesday Trike Trip

Today's Usual Short Tracking Path via GPS and Ham Radio
We had a package to retrieve at One Stop Office  in Tijeras and I thought it to be a great idea to ride the trike down there, about 10 miles each way with lots of hills to climb.... a great workout.
Unfortunately, by the time I got the trike's tires aired up, trike and accessories loaded, dressed like a goon for the ride, etc, it was already 10 AM and HOT.  With no cloud cover and no breeze.  A BEAUTIFUL day to ride.... but it was already hot and the ten miles would take us over an hour to ride and it would be after noon before we could even THINK of returning.  So I wimped out and suggested we just do our usual mail-run short ride out-and-back and Jacque agreed.  To do a 4-hour (or more) ride in such weather we need to get going REALLY early while it's still cool and thus able to get turned around for the return ride before the afternoon heat kicks in.
It's a short ride, less than 5 miles round trip, but that climb going west is really a kick in the face:  Slow speeds, Grandma gears, and lots of aerobic huffing and puffing.  Coming back we get a bit of aerobic work too but lots of fun high speed coasting too.
This was the first Tandem Trike Trip for the 2 doggies Tinkerbell and Jazzy.  They were doing fine until we heard a screeching fit behind us and Jacque found the new pup Jazzy just snarling and biting and throwing a fit with Tink.  Tink was NOT fighting back for some reason, and Jacque wound up giving Jazzy some "physical punishment" before she would stop bullying her older (and we thought MEANER) sister.  After that little "attitude adjustment" she seemed to calm down and do fine for the rest of the ride.
We had to make at least 3 stops in this short trip for water breaks.  And, of course, we had to do something about the Ice Cream Sandwich calling my name from the Shell Station.  The two  girlie pups attracted all the attention while we were there and it was difficult to get them away from their admiring fans so we could go home.
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.0        Ending Voltage: 12.9
Lowest Temp  77 F      Highest Temp:  86 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  4.14
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  3.0 MPH                                 6.4 MPH                    29.6 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
  1 hour 22 minutes                39 minutes 2 secs       43 mins 55 secs