Highway Patrol

Today's Tracking Courtesy of APRS, GPS, and Ham Radio

Today's Entry Title is derived from my habit of picking debris off the side of the highway and (a) throwing it off the road into the weeds or (b) taking it home with me, if useful or interesting.
The only take-home item today was a 3/8 X 20 X 2" carriage bolt.  A few feet away was an even more interesting item:

This breeze-way tailgate, meant for a pickup used as a 5th-wheel trailer puller, was new to the road shoulder.  It was partially out in the shoulder and partially hidden in the weeds.  I propped it up against the guard rail in hopes the owner spots it and retrieves it - these things are EXPENSIVE.  If it's yours, contact me.  Maybe it'll still be there when you come to get it.....
Jacque got her shoulder laparoscopy (sp?) surgery done yesterday morning and the results are quite impressive.  She was able to use the arm within a  few hours, with little ot no pain.  Later on, the pain-block injection wore off and she has to now be more careful, but she has use of her right arm again, without TEARS.  Life is good.  This is also why I did not ride yesterday, Monday morning, or the rest of the day.  She was too groggy to leave alone.
Today, however, she was all eager to encourage me to go for a ride, and I don't need much encouragement.  As soon as I drove out of the RV park headed for the trike embarkation point, it began to rain, so I wimped out and came back.  Putzed around the rest of the morning.
By shortly after lunch, the skies had stopped their weeping.  It was still cloudy but not raining, so I took off again and got in a good ride. 
The temperature wasn't awful this time but the humidity certainly was.  We had trouble sleeping last night because it was so muggy.  The wind came up a bit while I was riding and it helped the comfort level a lot.

Ride Started: 12:40 PM    Ride Ended:  2:20 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:   13.3 Ending Voltage: 13.0  Lowest:  13.0
Beginning Blood Glucose:  163     Ending BG: 66  
(Ate lunch before riding;  insulin pump basal rate set to 80% for the ride)
Lowest Temp  75 F      Highest Temp: 78 F   
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  11.5 
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed  
7.0 MPH                                 7.6 MPH                     21.2 MPH 
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time 
1 hour 38 mins                       1 hour 30 mins            8 minutes