Doc Long Picnic Riding

Today's short but strenuous tracking

Our LDS congregation sponsored a Post-Easter Morningside picnic and sing-along this morning, at the Doc Long Picnic area.  It was planned to start at 9 AM so we had to get up early (for a Saturday) and leave the house by 7 AM so we could have time to struggle up that long long slow uphill grade to get there.
These long slow hills with no level or downhill breaks are real downers, but of course once we got there we felt wonderful after cooling off a bit.  Must have stopped for  a dozen or more rest breaks in slightly over 2 miles.....

We also had a VERY heavy frost on the car windshield today.  Where's My Global Warming, I ask?  BAH

I did NOT leave the GoPro at home today.  Instead, I left it safely in the tow car when we rode away on the trike.  Saves wear and tear that way, no strain on the battery, no videos to bore anyone with, etc, etc....
The long slow uphill trek took about an hour and a half to climb; a wee bit over FIVE MINUTES to coast back, riding the brakes most of the way.

Ride Started: 7:18 AM    Ride Ended:  10:40 AM
Beginning Battery Voltage:   13.2   Ending Voltage: 12.8  Lowest:  13.0
Lowest Temp  42 F      Highest Temp:  71 F 
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  4.76
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  3.0 MPH                                4.4 MPH                  34.9 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
3 hours 20 minutes                1 hour 25 minutes      1 hour 29  minutes