A Bit of a Cool Ride

Today's APRS/GPS/Ham Radio Tracking
Today is likely our last opportunity to ride together for at least several days, since I'm having cataract surgery in my right eye on Monday.  We knew it was a bit cold outside - our wood stove has been doing yeoman duty most of the morning - but the thermometer claimed it was in the 50's so we thought we'd do OK.  And, we did..... BUT....
Everything out here in the sticks is a mess unless it's covered or paved.  The recent snowfall, with the subsequent several days of thawing and freezing, has produced MUD everywhere there should be dirt.  Even the best graveled parts of our goat-path mile of private road are squishy and sloppy.  The parking spot down by the pavement of Frost Road was sloppy and nothing but muck too... so we decided to drive down the road a ways to see if we could find another place to park and unload the Tandem TerraTrike .  About a mile down the road we did indeed find someone else's turnoff to a gravel road with a wide shoulder that we could park on.  As we were unloading the Trike off the roof rack, sure enough someone pulled up and stopped next to us.  We thought they might complain about us parking on their road but to our surprise they just wanted to visit for a minute and commented that "They always see us riding on our cool trike with our super-cute doggies", which is language we can live with.
We tried a route we've not ridden before, and it wasn't bad.  Frost Road has a fairly wide shoulder and isn't bad riding, but it has a lot of fast traffic.  Taking detours on other paved roads results in the loss of the marked bike shoulder/lane but we lose almost all traffic, with rarely a car to encounter.  The temperature wasn't terribly cold but it seemed to just soak into us.  The sun was visible but partially shaded with light clouds so it didn't help much.
By the time we got back to the car Jacque's feet were horribly numb.  It took several minutes for the Ford's heater to thaw her out.
Still, as usual, we were glad to have gotten out and gotten the blood circulating.

Beginning Battery Voltage:  14.0        Ending Voltage: 13.2
Lowest Temp  48 F      Highest Temp:  59 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  5.3
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
 8.86 MPH                                8.8 MPH                    25 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
1 hour 9 minutes                    54 mins                     15 mins 50 secs