Jacque spent most of the morning baking up scones and cinnamon rolls and hot rolls today for an upcoming Masonic/Eastern Star gig.
I spent most of the morning stacking firewood from the tractor bucket to the front deck. Which is exercise, but of the kind that makes my back stiff and sore more than anything else. Lately I've noticed I seem to now be huffing and puffing while cutting and throwing wood around. I'd like to think it actually is aerobic exercise but I suspect it's mainly due to me getting older and older....
I had thought it was too late to go for a ride today, so when Jacque brought up the subject of a trike ride, I leaped to and got ready to go.
The wind was NOT howling today, for a change, but it was a bit breezy and that penetrated our bones after a while.
We rode east on Frost Road out to Mountain Valley, and though the breeze was indeed a bit cold for comfort, I got overheated climbing the second hill and had to take off my outer layer.
We love having our doggies with us, for the cute factor and the companionship, but they now work in tandem stirring each other up into a frenzy every time they spot, hear, or smell a dog. Tink used to be very selective who or what she'd bark at: Mostly German Shepherds were the only ones exciting her enough to bark. Since we've adopted Jazzy, however, Tink now screams away at almost any kind of critter. Jazzy has a very high pitch irritating squeal/yowl/ yappy bark that just hurts your ears, and it is getting less and less fun to have them with us because they rarely calm down and be quiet. They have begun screaming and yapping even at walkers and humans passing us, which for some reason is not always met with a smile.
Once we turned back west at Mountain Valley, the breeze turned into a very bitter cold headwind. I remained riding with only 2 light layers, expecting to get over-warmed again as we climbed the very shallow grade hills going back. This did not happen, and I was quite chilled by the time we got back to the car and cranked the heater up to the NUKE setting. Our doggies, never too happy riding in the back basket of the trike, cuddled quickly into our laps once we got back in the car and began radiating their pint-size but effective heart-heat into us. The world is quite an acceptable place with a warm puppy sleeping in one's lap.
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.1 Ending Voltage: 13.1
Lowest Temp 48 F Highest Temp: 59 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.25
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
5.3 MPH 6.7 MPH 26.7 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
1 hour 22 mins 1 hour 5 mins 16 mins 57 secs
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