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Tuesday Dec 25, 2018 #
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No news from mom by midnight last night, so she's in. :-)
Everything is matched, dollar for dollar. Now at a little over $18,000. Still time to add your name, either here, or send me an e-mail, pg@crocker.com
Thanks, and Merry Xmas.
Everything is matched, dollar for dollar. Now at a little over $18,000. Still time to add your name, either here, or send me an e-mail, pg@crocker.com
Thanks, and Merry Xmas.
10 AM
biking - dark blue bike 1:19:04 11.16 mi (7:05 / mi) +1806ft 6:09 / mi
ahr:109 max:142
Spending Xmas eve and day at Charlie and Rhonda's, such a pleasure. Got out late morning for a ride with Charlie. Just perfect.
Low 30s, NW 15 or so, bright blue sky. Started out on the route C and R and Sassy do along the lake, then on past all the logging area, then along an old road along the Farmington River for a bit, and then back. Rough in places, especially the part past the logging, but nothing we couldn't ride, though it was close a couple of times. All places I'd never been, a bonus of course, and Charlie hadn't been on the part along the river for a decade or two, so that was another bonus. As I said, just perfect -- beautiful scenery, fun terrain, had the place to ourselves, and the company of a really good friend.
The wind wasn't much of an issue, often blocked by the hills and the woods, though occasionally it hit you right in the face and was rather bracing, to use Charlie's term.
At one point, cresting a hill that required a good bit of effort and being met by a full-on headwind, I wondered if it might offer an actual advantage, namely, by forcing a large quantity of air into your lungs, all you had to do was open your mouth. And so recovery ought to be quicker and easier. Must be true, because by the time we had finished considering the possibilities we were both fully recovered. Ah, the wisdom of the elders.... :-)
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Low 30s, NW 15 or so, bright blue sky. Started out on the route C and R and Sassy do along the lake, then on past all the logging area, then along an old road along the Farmington River for a bit, and then back. Rough in places, especially the part past the logging, but nothing we couldn't ride, though it was close a couple of times. All places I'd never been, a bonus of course, and Charlie hadn't been on the part along the river for a decade or two, so that was another bonus. As I said, just perfect -- beautiful scenery, fun terrain, had the place to ourselves, and the company of a really good friend.
The wind wasn't much of an issue, often blocked by the hills and the woods, though occasionally it hit you right in the face and was rather bracing, to use Charlie's term.
At one point, cresting a hill that required a good bit of effort and being met by a full-on headwind, I wondered if it might offer an actual advantage, namely, by forcing a large quantity of air into your lungs, all you had to do was open your mouth. And so recovery ought to be quicker and easier. Must be true, because by the time we had finished considering the possibilities we were both fully recovered. Ah, the wisdom of the elders.... :-)
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