Conference Cruising

Today's Very Very Short Tracking
Today starts the LDS Church's General Conference, available worldwide via the Internet .  We had sorta planned to drive to Albuquerque and ride our trike from UNM to the Balloon Fiesta Park and watch the balloons with the Albuquerque Recumbent Riders Group, but decided we weren't in the mood to get up at 5 AM and ride in freezing temperatures and preferred to ride later in the day when the temperatures would be milder.  We thus watched the first session of conference and then jumped in the Exploder to drive down to the paved road and do our usual short-but-highly-aerobic Post Office Ride.  It was still very cool outside, and the wind was whipping a bit, so we definitely avoided any overheating problems.  Still, as usual, it was wonderful to be out and riding and working the legs and getting the circulatory system pumping.  Jazzy, the new pappilon pup, immediately started whining and was not pacified until we stopped for water and Jacque took her out of the basket next to Tinkerbell and stuffed her into the front of Jacque's windbreaker.  Then Jazzy snuggled in and quieted down.  We normally ride on up to our favorite cold-snack place, the Shell Station at the top of the hill, but we decided we were cold enough already and turned back toward the car without  benefit of Ice Cream or Lemonade.
It's certainly getting to the point we'll have to utilize our cold weather layers in future rides until Spring.  On this ride I had on a heavy long sleeve shirt Jacque made me last winter and my velcro-front Day-Glo yellow/green Tee shirt and never got overheated except for a few hundred yards where I had to open up these 2 layers to let in some frigid air to cool off my armpits.  I started out with my normal partial-finger riding gloves but when we stopped for water and Jazzy-stuffing I dug out my full-fingered riding gloves from the pannier which really improved conditions a lot :?)
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.2        Ending Voltage: 12.7 
Lowest Temp  55 F      Highest Temp:  63 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  3.41
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  5.2 MPH                                 7.1 MPH                    25.7 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
39 minutes                             28 mins  49 secs        10 mins 11 secs