Perfect Weather For Riding!

33.5 / 2:46

It was only about 50 degrees, so it was cool enough to be comfortable and warm enough, but not enough to get overheated.

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2:43 / 32.7

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Cold Morning / Warm Afternoon

2:57 / 34.8

I went out at 7 this morning to walk the dog.  It was 36 degrees, so I thought I'd wait until it warmed up.  I left at 12:30 and it was 71 degrees and I was wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts.  At 7, I was wearing sweats, a Gore-Tex jacket and gloves!

As I was going down the road toward home, a pickup truck slowed down and a guy asked me how comfortable my trike was.  I told him it was like pedaling a lawn chair.  He looked like he wanted to get out of the truck and try it, but they took off.

I saw this guy watching me, so I snapped a couple pictures;

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Yesterday's Ride

2:37 / 31.5

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My Longest Ride so Far!

It was nice and cool this morning, so I decided to do a longer ride. 

I went down a couple new stretches of road and then connected to my regular route.

My total was 55.8 miles in 4 hours and 24 minutes.  This is the third 50+ mile ride I've done.

I also found a road that was a long, gradual incline, so I actually got to climb a hill for a change! 

Most of the stuff around here can only be called gentle slopes and not much else.

I didn't even realize the road was going up hill until I noticed it was getting harder to pedal.

I had to shift to lower gears about five times before I got to the top.

When I reached the top, I took this picture;

It doesn't look like much of a hill in this shot,

so I zoomed in and cropped the photo to give you a closer look;

If you look WAY down the road where it meets the base of those mountains,

that is where I turned onto this road.

It felt good to climb a hill for a change and my legs are really feeling it, now!

About 6 miles before I got to that hill, I stopped and took this picture of a hawk and it's nest; 

Let's zoom in for a closer look;

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Racking up the miles!

I've gone 1,000 more miles in the past 69 days.

That averages out to about 14.5 miles per day.

Today's ride was 2:35 / 32.8

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2:41 / 34

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