Saturday Search & Scramble, With Limited Electronics

Jacque and I attended a ham radio club breakfast at http://www.lepeepabq.com/ this morning and planned to do a short ride down the Bosque afterwards.  As soon as we parked at the Albuquerque BioPark I realized my worst fears:  I had forgotten my pannier had been left behind at home, charging the new LiFePO4 Battery.  Which was worse than running with a slightly discharged battery:  I had no backup, my pannier contains my spare medicines, blood glucose meter,  cycling gloves, AND spare battery for 'emergencies' !  But we rode without such things, and I ran only the post mounted GPS to record trip data, on  its own internal battery.
The purpose of this trip was to photograph some of the new bollards on the southern end of the Bosque Trail, at 2nd Street and southward, where the wonderfully smooth new pavement put in by the county last year was offset by the new traffic-control bollards installed at the same time which PREVENTED us and other 3-wheelers from getting through.  It's been several months since we were turned around by the new blockages and we had heard nothing to indicate anything had been done about the confounded things.  The local cycling clubs were needing photos and other evidence to bring up at local government meetings in hopes of bringing about change and increased access by all people-powered contraptions.
Imagine our surprise when we arrived at the expected blockages to find they had been modified already, allowing us access with room to spare!

Well, it's still a fairly tight squeeze and we could not safely ride between these with any speed at all, but at least we can get through now.  You may note the "footprint" of the wooden bollard to the right and the fact it appears to have been sawn in half to increase the width of passage.
We got back to the car before noon but it was still quite warm and tiring today.  In my mind this trip was going to amount to no more than maybe 5 miles, but it turned out to be 11.... not a huge ride but more than I'd planned on for this "obstruction-inspection" trip.

Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  11.01
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  4.9 MPH                                 7.3 MPH                    15.3 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
2 hours 13 mins                       1 hour 30 mins          43 mins12 secs