Tandem Triking

Poor Tracking Today, an Igate was down

Jacque and I decided to do a joint ride with the Tandem Recumbent Trike today.  Which, of course, is a more  complicated operation than just either of us taking off by ourselves.
It means loading up the heavy trike,  on top of the gas-burner transport vehicle, since our goat-path dirt/rock/gravel road from the pavement to our house is too rough to ride the trike on.
Plus it involves loading up both doggies since it's not "fair" to leave either of the little princesses behind.
No real adventure to it this trip... we rode east on our almost 10 mile leg/loop out to Mountain Valley Road and around Entranosa for a 4 mile loop and then back to the parking place on Frost Road.
It started out mildly cloudy with some rain off to the south of us, and we hoped the clouds would provide some shade from the hot sun.
Mostly all we got was a great but hot ride with a fairly stiff headwind that was WELCOMED for its relief from the heat.
We took extra rest breaks, especially when  we encountered trees shading the road shoulder, and drank up lots of water.
Again I noticed a lack of neck pain while pedaling the machine.  My left arm was still a bit stiff and sore but not objectionally so, and no worse than when not riding.

Just Cruisin'

Jacque Pedaling and Reading

Jacque gets bored riding stoker position:  Her view is mostly my backside, which gets tedious quickly.  She has handlebars to hang on with, but instead rides 'free and easy' and gets alarmed when I make the least little quick turn, such as when avoiding junk in the road, potholes, snakes, etc.  We probably should rig up a safety harness for her so she can read without danger of being dumped into the road...

Trip Started:  11:18 AM    Trip Ended:  1:20 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.2       Ending Voltage: 13.1
Lowest Temp  75 F      Highest Temp:  82 F
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  9.36
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  4.6 MPH                                6.2 MPH                    33.9 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
2 hours  2 mins                      1 hour 29 mins          32 mins  4 secs