Thursday was Better than Winds-Day

Mail-Run Predictable Tracking via APRS and Ham Radio
Today was a beauti-mous day, with almost no wind, a wonderful change from the last week or more.
I was determined to put in at least a few miles today and was just about ready to ride off on my recumbent 2-wheeler when I thought to ask sore-knee Jacque if she felt like riding today and the answer was YES!  So I quickly loaded the tandem Terratrike on the roof rack of the Ford Exploder and within 20 minutes or so we were on our way.
Even though it was sunny and warm, the slightest breeze was still quite nippy.  I at first put on the  extra layer of the windbreaker jacket and within a half mile of immediate uphill pulling, had to stop and peel it off.  I then did the freezing/sweating cycle the rest of the way to the Post Office.  Jacque quickly tired of Jazzy's constant whining and whimpering and plucked her from the basket perch next to Tinkerbell and stuffed her into her jacket-front, leaving only her neck and head out in the open to survey the kingdom as we passed by.  This helps, a lot, although the little whiner still gets bored at times and cannot resist a whimper every now and then.
Today several people beeped at us as they passed by.  It must have been friendly beeping since we were on the bike trail 30 or 40 feet distant from the paved road, but we didn't recognize any of them.  When people stop and talk to us they often say "We always see you riding around out here with those doggies!" Etc., so perhaps it was some of our so called admiring public.
After getting the mail and huffing the last quarter-mile or so up to the Shell Station, we bought snacks and cooled our heels for a while.... literally.  Their customer benches outside have no overhang for shade, but in winter hours like today, the building shades the low sun and thus leaves us in the quasi-freezing shade.  We laughed about how, in the summer, the lack of shade from the direct overhead sun about cooks us, and in cold times like today, we don't WANT shade but get no warming sun whatever.  Sorta like the old saying "The Rich Folks get their ice in the Summer, and the Poor Folks get theirs in the Winter".
For the downhill ride back, I re-installed my windbreaker and did NOT get a bit overheated.  Jacque loves to do her "E-Ticket Ride" thing of waving her arms high in the air when we're smoking 30 MPH or more down the road, and that of course elicits even more stares of disbelief from passers-by.
Trip Started: 1:17 PM    Trip Ended:  2:58 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.0        Ending Voltage: 12.8
Lowest Temp  39 F      Highest Temp:  60 F
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  4.48
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
 2.6 MPH                                4.9 MPH                    28.2 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
1 hours  42 mins                    55 mins  7 secs          46 mins 53 secs