With our recently overloaded time demands, I decided to try riding fairly early in the morning, BEFORE I perused the Drudge Report, before I checked FB for gossip, etc, in hopes I could get in a ride and still get anything else done.
Didn't seem to work out that well.... it's currently 11 AM and we have to leave for Albuquerque in about 40 minutes, which means I'm still not gonna get any household, yard, or car chores done today. Sigh. Maybe if I wake up a couple hours earlier and trade sleepy time for bikey time..... we'll see.
Tinkerbell, as usual, was literally between my feet after spotting me donning the biking duds, i.e. the day-glo yellow Tee shirt with the Velcro zipper down the front for fresh air purposes. Since Jacque was home safeguarding Lilly the Teeney Dog, Tink and I rode the vast dusty trail..... together.
We encountered more road crews paving small sections of Mountain Valley Road, as well as county crews trying to keep up with the heavy tree-sized weed growth along the guard rails on Frost Road.
The Paving Crew was, surprisingly enough, already hard at work at just after 8:00 AM. They blocked the road only for a few minutes, and the workmen kindly held back the Bobcat while I bounced around them and got back on the right side of the road.
We, Tink and I, stopped for about half an hour to check up on our favorite neighboring teenagers to see if they had gotten their donated garden tractor running yet. We clunked around with it for a bit, getting all smelly with gasoline all over my hands. The battery had not been charging so it was too dead to even spin the engine to see if it would start. Gave up for another day and left for home.
On the way home we encountered another mild road blockage... crews cutting and slashing around the guard rails, freeing up the shoulders for bikers and such...
It was a bit cool this early in the morning.... it won't be long before I'm wearing additional layers to stay warm. BUT not YET.
Ride Started: 7:20 AM Ride Ended: 10:09 AM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.5 Ending Voltage: 13.2 Lowest: 12.6
Lowest Temp 57 F Highest Temp: 82 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 10.51
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
4.8 MPH 7.1 MPH 27.2 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
2 hours 13 mins 1 hour 20 minutes 52 minutes
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