Have Stoker, Will Tandem

Short Ride, Short Tracking

Jacque was not tied up with early primary voting today so we celebrated Memorial Day with a trike ride.
For the first time in several days, it did not rain today (though it's not quite over yet as I type).  So the wind was barely there, the air was cooled from the rains of the last few days, and the blue sky was welcoming without being scorching.
As usual we took "the girls" (Tink and Jazzy) along for the ride, and this time Jazzy really gave us fits.  She's a "Yappy Pappy",  always yapping or screaming in alarm when a strange noise is heard, such as the strange noise I make every time I come in the house.... BAH.
She's also easily bored, and likes to whine, whimper, and complain when in this sad status.  During this ride evidently she was depressed the entire trip.  She whined, whimpered, squealed, and grumped almost continually as we trundled down the road.  We'd tell her to knock it off, Jacque put the muzzle on her tiny nose several times, spanked her, to pretty much no avail.  If she stopped whining at all it was only for a few seconds at a time, maybe an entire minute or two..... I thought maybe she needed a potty stop at one point so we pulled over in the shade of the road shoulder and I took both the dogs for a short walk.  Jazzy immediately squatted and did her business, leading me to think we might have solved the grump problem.  WRONGO -
She was even WORSE after the break.  She much prefers being able to snuggle in someone's lap while traveling, and that is not safe or even possible while pedaling away.  We have a "papoose" belly pack harness that works to carry her in but on warm days that gets old in a hurry, even if she is much happier being up  so close and personal.  Maybe we can find a mesh belly harness for her that allows warm weather usage.... she was a holy terror today.  Of course when we got back to the car she curled instantly up in Jacque's lap and went to sleep.  That of course begs the question of how Tink can stand to ride so quietly like she does most of the time..... dogs are normally 15-minute wonders.  Ours seem to be active and awake for short periods of time and then conk out and sleep long naps several times a day.  Riding in the basket on the bike or trike they stay too alert and interested in all the noise, passing cars, rabbits, SQUIRRELS!, butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, and bits of blowing paper.  So however long the ride lasts, they suffer without proper doggy naps.  So of course it's ALL OUR FAULT.
We did not make a long frog-strangler ride today.  Not only were we tiring out early, but the evening dark clouds were gathering ahead of us and we both felt a few slight dripples of rain hit us in the face.

Trip Started:  3:45 PM    Trip Ended:  5:11 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.6        Ending Voltage: 12.9 
Lowest Temp  67 F      Highest Temp:  76 F
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  5.19
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  3.8 MPH                                6.7 MPH                    28.9 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
1 hour 22 min                        46 mins 29 secs         36 mins 30 secs