Do I Ride Tractor or Bike?

Today's As-Usual Spotty Tracking

Our monsoon season has left us literally soaked, with the ground literally saturated.  Several of our recent storms have been fairly intense, with at least minor damage to our mile-long goat-path dirt, rock, and gravel road.
Since it is private road, meaning Bernalillo county has not "accepted" it as a county road, we have to maintain it ourselves.  "We" in the sense that Jacque and I are the sole maintainers of the road, in spite of the 5 neighbors who use (and cause damage to) the road.  We actually bought a tractor with accessories for the specific purpose of maintaining the road.  Prior to the tractor purchase, we used pick, rake, and shovel to fill potholes and cuts and dragged an old I-beam trailer tongue with a chain behind the Ford Exploder trying to smooth out the road surface.
All of which explains my frustration yesterday, when during a cloudy and rainy monsoon July day, the skies cleared and it was perfect to get out and do a quick bike ride around the wet and wonderful-rain-smelling neighborhood.  BUT, the road had not been maintained recently and was suffering lots of washouts and cuts because of the downpours.  So I had a conscience attack and fired up the tractor, removed the rotary brush cutter, and attached the scraper blade to the 3-point hitch so I could do battle with the rocks and mud.  I got in maybe an hour and a half before it clabbered up and started raining again and I had to high-tail it for the house.  So no bike ride yesterday. BAH
Today, howsomever, I saddled up and rode.  And I was pleasantly surprised how well the tractor treatment had smoothed out the rough road surface..... much less bouncing and sliding around on bumps and loose gravel and rock.
Great riding conditions today.  Even though it wasn't an early start, the temps were mellow and the breezes benign.  The few passing motorists gave me no trouble either. 
It's kind of a pleasant sensation to ride parallell to the I-40 freeway with enough distance to lower the danger and the noise.

This road is the New Frontage Road

With Freeway Traffic almost 100 Yards Away

I had wanted a 20-miler today but miscalculated.... sixteen will have to do for today.

Ride Started:  10:27 AM    Ride Ended:  1:20 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.2       Ending Voltage: 13.1
Lowest Temp  78 F      Highest Temp:  87 F 
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  16.62
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  6.0 MPH                               8.5 MPH                    32.6 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
2 hours 47 mins                     1 hour 57 mins          49 minutes