Tuesday GPS Track around Big City
25 February 2025 Tuesday Evening 8:15 PM
I will again - Try Again - to blog more frequently here. As time marches on, it seems I have so little time for ANYthing. I also - over the years - have kept written journals trying to keep up with my feeble items of everyday life, and have been much too lax in that effort as well.
We just got through a couple weeks of Bitter cold zero degree weather with dripping faucets hoping to avoid frozen plumbing. So far we have fared well, without any AC power outages that usually accompany bad weather.
Our church building, however, suffered frozen plumbing, which we only discovered late Saturday night - threatening meetings the next morning on Sunday. Our Bishop somehow found an emergency plumber who worked until around THREE in the morning to get things working again so we could continue to hold normal services.
Almost as soon as that adventure subsided, warmer winds blew in and the ice and snow melted rapidly - and I was able to relieve much of my "Cabin Fever" by saddling up the Catrike and riding the Across - Town - Walmart - Trail two days in a row.
It was a GREAT unseasonably warm day today. I neglected to don any coat or outer clothing and I did NOT suffer for it.
As I left the house and started through the next block, I spotted one of my friendly neighbors who had recently been in the hospital, so I pulled over and visited with his Mom and two of his cute kiddos for a bit. The Mom is a nice smiley lady and the young feller and his sister, maybe 4 and 5 years old, walked right up to me while still on the trike and gave me BIG hugs. Hard to take, for sure. They both wanted to go for a ride in the B.O.B. trailer behind me, but it had a picnic cooler strapped tight with ice packs, ready for a load of ice cream: My excuse for a trike ride for the day. So I promised them a trike trailer ride NEXT time. Cute Kids, who could possibly resist ??
"Dad" expressed interest in buying a recumbent trike for himself. We have an unused trike that we might try to sell to him. We'll see.
The extra "mild load" of the trailer and cooler was noticeable as I climbed the mild hills between home and the destination Big Box store wherein lie the wonderful containers of Ice Cream. But it surely will be well worth the effort when we eventually open and eat the product.
On the other side of town while trudging on the way home, I saw in the distance a line of girls walking along. Imagine my surprise and delight to recognize them as a family of friends from our Church congregation. A Gaggle of Gorgeous Girls, including their Momma. All smiles but No names, for protection of the innocent.
Arrived home safe and sound, and tired. Ice cream had survived its transfer from store to home freezer. I'll let y'all know how it tastes after riding in a cooler for 3-4 miles. Life is Good
Ride Started: 1:57 PM Ride Ended: 3:31 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0 Ending Battery Voltage: 12.8
Lowest Temp: 51 F Highest Temp: 65 F
Beginning Blood Glucose: 180 Ending BG: 108
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 4.56
Overall Average Speed Moving Avg Max Speed
3.2 MPH 5.7 MPH 20.1 MPH
Total Trip(s) Time Moving Time Stopped Time
1 hour 26 minutes 48 minutes 38 minutes
