Afternoon Riding with Son John

TST (Today's Spotty Tracking)

Today's APRS tracking was "spotty" since the only reliable Igate here in the East Mountains (Mine) was locked up - evidently from a power blinkage - this afternoon and recorded no positions from the radio input.  Thus only  a few positions and less than half our ride was relayed to the other Igates in the area via Sandia Crest.
Our oldest son John has been visiting and staying with us for the last couple of days, and he actually brought his own bike with him on the back of his car.    We've been TALKING about doing a joint ride and today we finally did it.
It's always great to have a cycling buddy, even if we weren't perfectly matched.  He, being 20 years younger, would gain on me while climbing hills and most of the time I would fly by him going downhill and on most of the straight-'n-level runs.  Just coasting, my recumbent bike is faster than his DF (Diamond Frame), and I suspect it is mainly because I'm lying back more horizontally and pushing less wind than he does sitting upright on his upright bike.
We received many friendly honks and waves from motorized passers-by.  We left well after 3 PM and in this area that means more passing cars due to so many worker bees getting off early who work at Sandia National Laboratory.
As we made the last turn at about the halfway point, turning back toward home, the sun was falling fast and the temperature was doing likewise.  I was wearing my summer open-finger cycling gloves and had left my windbreaker at home so I had no additional layer to put on as the cold advanced, so I was pretty chilly by the time we got to our goat-path mile of road from the pavement to the house.
This is really great weather for riding, what with the lack of high winds and cool temperatures keeping us mostly comfy while riding.

Ride Started: 3:30 PM    Ride Ended:  4:55 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.2       Ending Voltage: 13.0
Lowest Temp  42 F      Highest Temp:  60 F 
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  10.51
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  7.3 MPH                               8.4 MPH                     30.3 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
 1 hour 26 mins                      1 hour 15 mins           10 minutes