Saturday, July 29, 2023

What, is it Summertime Already ?

1 July short trip up the hill 

3 July heat seeking GPS / Ham Radio Tracking

5 July shorty morning ride track 

6 July track

7 July tracking

8 July route

11 July half - Route

12 July short Around - the - Square

13 July BigBox shopping Trip

14 July Short Lumberyard Run

17 July Typical BigBox Run

18 July Ride up hill to the Water Tower

19 July Ride to DollarCity for Something or Other

20 July REAL short Post Office run

21 July wider Shopping Escapade

25 July Lengthy Lumberyard Run

27 July Rode to Duraline to work on a guy's truck

28 July ANOTHER BigBox trip

29 July Ride to Casey's for Mower-Gas refill


 Well.  It would appear that I have a month - long gap in my bloggings here:  The entire month of June I seemed to be AWOL at the keyboard.
I spend so much time on the so-called Smartphone that I forget to mess around with my blogging.  I have tried, once or twice, to blog from the tiny face of my so-called Smartphone, but have not succeeded.  Thus my flimsy excuse.  For now.

Howsomever, as I review my GPS-tracked and APRS-logged rides I see that I "only" missed pedaling (at least a mile or more) 10 days out of the 30 days last month.
Whatever that's good for.
My tendency is to put off riding the trike for "fun exercise" until after I've accomplished "something useful" like work / repairs on the house, car, dogs, yard, Honeydews...... Etc.  But lately it's gotten insufferably hot.
Our heat indexes have really climbed to the over 100 degree mark and with our humidity it's tough to get motivated to ride.
My recent attitudinal adjustment personal goal has been to get up, EARLY, and ride around SOMEWHERE, before I get started on anything else - which always distracts me into waiting until it's too late and too hot.  Ride at sundown, methought a couple of times??  Trouble is, the heat index THEN is almost as bad as the WORST part of the day.  Now when we wake up to high 70's first thing in the morning, quickly elevating past the 80's..... DUH.
Don't bother asking how well my "goal" is working.  I'm still working on it....
With my foggy brain I still get sidetracked, even as I'm unlocking the trike and theoretically getting ready to go.  But I'm working on it.

It's taken too much valuable time to type this much.... today is the 29th and I made the short gas-can-refill trip, and I still have a BIGbox errand to attend to......


Typical Recent Ride Stats

Ride Started: 11:17 AM           Ride Ended:  1:45 PM 
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0  Ending Battery Voltage:  12.8
Lowest Temp: 79 F Highest Temp: 90 F
Beginning Blood Glucose:  190   Ending BG: 60
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  5.42
Overall Average Speed      Moving Avg       Max Speed
 4.3 MPH                              6.5 MPH            21.3 MPH
Total Trip(s) Time             Moving Time      Stopped Time
 1 hour 21 minutes            57 minutes           24 minutes