A Dollar Per Mile

We went to Springfield today for my Podiatrist appointment.  He agreed with me that my feets were doing a bit better.  Did a bit of shopping afterward whilst in the "Big City" and came home safe and sound.

I again needed an excuse to do a Trike Ride this afternoon.

I decided to hitch up the B.O.B. trailer on the trike and haul my Big Bag of crushed Aluminum cans to our local recycler:  https://iscrapapp.com/yards/us-missouri-mountain-grove-ss-recycling-mountain-grove/ 

I entered their address  into my trike-mounted Garmin 350 GPS and followed the route, which led down hill and up dale out to the westernmost end of town.

I SMOKED down some long hills, which meant long climbs coming back up the hills, but it was all good.

I thought I had a decent load of cans on board, but was a bit underwhelmed when the cash tendered was $4.00.  When I arrived home the total miles was a bit over 4, thus the title for today.  I  suspect prices have sagged in our current non-economy. 

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=14&ts=1598486400&te=1598572800&call=a%2FW5AOX-6   

Ride Started:   3:37 PM      Ride Ended:  4:31 PM

Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.0 Ending Battery Voltage:  13.0   Lowest Voltage:  13.0

Beginning Blood Glucose: 128 Ending BG: 39 (ouch)
Lowest Temp:  77 F    Highest Temp:    77 F 

Distance Walked: .4 mile (Usual Dog Potty Trips)

Stats from the GPS:  Total Miles: 4.15

Overall Average Speed       Moving Avg          Max Speed
  4.9 MPH                              6.3 MPH               25.2 MPH 

Total Trip Time                   Moving Time        Stopped  Time
  50 minutes                        36 minutes           14  minutes

Playing Catch-Up

 It's been a while since I posted anything here.  I've not slacked off on riding the trike, or other so-called "useful endeavors".  I AM getting slower and slower;  but nothing to do with Old Age, of course.

Nowadays I stand confused much of the time, for some reason.  Our Church congregation hasn't met together for many weeks now.  We administer the sacrament in our homes, under the direction of our local Ward Bishop.  We wear masks of some sort when we enter stores.  Few restaurants are still open, but we try to patronize the ones still there.  Thankfully in Missouri the "government" hasn't forced restaurants to close, and we can dine without masks.  We try to tip the waiters and waitresses extra, in hope they can keep doing their good service.  All prices seem to be higher, and surcharges are now often added for using a charge card to pay for services or goods.  Our local gasoline prices have stayed steady at $1.84 for several weeks now.  

We worry that so many stores, large or small, are going out of business.What a weird world we now live in...... I just NEVER imagined I would encounter such a world.

Enough complaining.  Today I went for my almost-daily trike ride, this time to pick up a couple items for Jacque that she kindly allowed me to use for excuses to take a ride in the heat.

Talking to  a couple of ham radio guys while I rode, they stated the common refrain "I'd be AFRAID to ride around here.  Somebody would surely run over me."  I always tell them MY experience riding all over the country:  Most people give me a WIDE clearance when passing me.  I also see other "normal" cyclists riding around occasionally, so I think these country folk are just fairly courteous, not just avoiding me because I'm riding a "Contraption".  I also try to ride as far to the right as possible, to give cars enough room to get past me whenever possible.

Today was hot, but not as hot as we HAVE experienced earlier this summer.

Today's ride:

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&ts=1598227200&te=1598313600&call=a%2FW5AOX-6