off the top of my head, this year's weather was much more 'rideable'. there were some snow and rain days, but i didn't freeze or melt. another bonus, pam rode with me a couple of days and hiked while i biked a few other times! and dirk and i had a good, socially-distanced loop through the woods. here's part 2...
it was a thursday, and i rode into enfield to mail a 'toy box' to the christensen kids and do a pass through of the elementary school.
it was more than "kinda" weird weather, but i survived the ride and took an extra picture, a minute after the one to the right--the snow came fast and furious.
friday was different in that it wasn't snowing anymore--much. it was cold enough that a couple of passing cloud banks, did spit some flakes. i have never seen one, but i wondered if a rainbow was possible with sun shining through the snow?
i didn't ever punch in for work, but i stopped by both elementary schools--canaan and enfield--to check on the servers. that's how i got the two pictures.
sunday dawned sunny with the promise of getting up toward 60°-- dirk and i had arranged to loop a route going up and down three different woods 'roads'. i use that term loosely as each would be easily classified as "unimproved". still there were some sweet sections to be had.
the picture of him is on a natural berm at the bottom of our town hill--the same one pam and i hike a lot. the christensen's and i were sledding it this winter!
no pictures were to be had--or more accurately, i didn't stop to take any. monday's can be busy with the weekend for problems to brew. why are phones and wifi are so important--maybe it has something to do with remote learning...
another wet day tuesday, and commuting around didn't leave me much opportunity to document. but i went out with pam after we ate and she grabbed a couple of action shots with her phone.
we maintain a trail looping around our field and through the woods. the section you see here is on the upper side and mostly dry! it is not all like that, but everything has some potential fun.
wednesday's commute was definitely drier than tuesday's though the cold and high winds have been brutal at times.
the hs-middle school is only three miles away, but when i have to go to the eles, milage can add up. canaan is 7~ish miles from the office and enfield 5~ish. i often ride on the rail trail to avoid traffic and hills. there is usually less wind as well.
no surprise, it was cool and windy, but the sun is getting higher angle and warming more and more on days when it's out--like thursday. i didn't even think about work and took a 25 mile loop with some long uphill.
everything that goes up gets to come down though. i stopped ad grabbed a picture at the four big-ger bodies of water. also got in my weekly sweep at drummond custom cycles when i went by there.
there was a heron hunting in george pond and i managed to get a picture of it by zooming in. and then snuck around and got it again as it flew up.
friday was mostly a garden day, but i did ride around the loop with pam.
saturday was another garden day, until pam hiked up over town hill and i pedaled after her. on the way back home, she got a short video of me doing a little rock hopping--off one of the many launches dotting the woods road.
that's the money shot in the tweet. as hannah noticed, my head looks rather vulnerable, but i try to keep upright as much as possible.
sunday was one of those threatening to rain-snow at any moment. by threatening, i sort of mean it started on and off throughout the day.
i rode an interesting loop out into springfield and back, mostly to deliver a pack of pam's contact sheets to their data entry clerk, but also cause it has some good hills and pretty spots, like mcdaniel's marsh in the picture.
i made it home and only got a tiny bit damp!
monday morning brought a decent amount of snow and gave me an idea of the challenge included in this picture--ride around the garden without putting my feet down.
going downhill was easy, but at the chair and mini-greenhouse when i tried to turn the corner, my front wheel just slid. that happened again at the next corner even though i was ready for it and just creeping along--even trying to hop it around some.
i won't even talk about spinning away trying to go uphill!
tuesday's commute was not exactly warm, but it was sunny with the promise of warming up close to 50° the snow on the ground would not be there when i came home.
and sure enough, it was gone, except for under the eves where the roof dumped it yesterday.
wednesday was not as sunny, about the same temp, and much much windier! i ended up riding to every school, and the sau office. which was ok in one direction, but then i had to come back.
my last trip was into canaan. going east was really fast with the wind pushing me along. after finishing things there, i pointed back west at home, head down, and pedaling hard.
the last day of april was wet all morning, but i decided to go up town hill and work on a little side trail i was hoping to develop.
the start had a fairly large oak blowdown that i had to open up. that took a while. it also gave me a calf muscle bruise that is still hobbling me--somewhat. biking still felt good and flying downhill was a trip.
for fun, and under sunny skies, i have kept riding into may! it's always good to go outside and play! even with a bit of a limp.
it was a thursday, and i rode into enfield to mail a 'toy box' to the christensen kids and do a pass through of the elementary school.it was more than "kinda" weird weather, but i survived the ride and took an extra picture, a minute after the one to the right--the snow came fast and furious.
friday was different in that it wasn't snowing anymore--much. it was cold enough that a couple of passing cloud banks, did spit some flakes. i have never seen one, but i wondered if a rainbow was possible with sun shining through the snow?
i didn't ever punch in for work, but i stopped by both elementary schools--canaan and enfield--to check on the servers. that's how i got the two pictures.
saturday was so rainy, i never stopped to take a picture. with over an inch of rain, the rivers were really rushing.
sunday dawned sunny with the promise of getting up toward 60°-- dirk and i had arranged to loop a route going up and down three different woods 'roads'. i use that term loosely as each would be easily classified as "unimproved". still there were some sweet sections to be had.
the picture of him is on a natural berm at the bottom of our town hill--the same one pam and i hike a lot. the christensen's and i were sledding it this winter!
no pictures were to be had--or more accurately, i didn't stop to take any. monday's can be busy with the weekend for problems to brew. why are phones and wifi are so important--maybe it has something to do with remote learning...
another wet day tuesday, and commuting around didn't leave me much opportunity to document. but i went out with pam after we ate and she grabbed a couple of action shots with her phone.
we maintain a trail looping around our field and through the woods. the section you see here is on the upper side and mostly dry! it is not all like that, but everything has some potential fun.
wednesday's commute was definitely drier than tuesday's though the cold and high winds have been brutal at times.
the hs-middle school is only three miles away, but when i have to go to the eles, milage can add up. canaan is 7~ish miles from the office and enfield 5~ish. i often ride on the rail trail to avoid traffic and hills. there is usually less wind as well.
no surprise, it was cool and windy, but the sun is getting higher angle and warming more and more on days when it's out--like thursday. i didn't even think about work and took a 25 mile loop with some long uphill.
everything that goes up gets to come down though. i stopped ad grabbed a picture at the four big-ger bodies of water. also got in my weekly sweep at drummond custom cycles when i went by there.
there was a heron hunting in george pond and i managed to get a picture of it by zooming in. and then snuck around and got it again as it flew up.
friday was mostly a garden day, but i did ride around the loop with pam.
saturday was another garden day, until pam hiked up over town hill and i pedaled after her. on the way back home, she got a short video of me doing a little rock hopping--off one of the many launches dotting the woods road.
that's the money shot in the tweet. as hannah noticed, my head looks rather vulnerable, but i try to keep upright as much as possible.
sunday was one of those threatening to rain-snow at any moment. by threatening, i sort of mean it started on and off throughout the day.
i rode an interesting loop out into springfield and back, mostly to deliver a pack of pam's contact sheets to their data entry clerk, but also cause it has some good hills and pretty spots, like mcdaniel's marsh in the picture.
i made it home and only got a tiny bit damp!
monday morning brought a decent amount of snow and gave me an idea of the challenge included in this picture--ride around the garden without putting my feet down.
going downhill was easy, but at the chair and mini-greenhouse when i tried to turn the corner, my front wheel just slid. that happened again at the next corner even though i was ready for it and just creeping along--even trying to hop it around some.
i won't even talk about spinning away trying to go uphill!
tuesday's commute was not exactly warm, but it was sunny with the promise of warming up close to 50° the snow on the ground would not be there when i came home.
and sure enough, it was gone, except for under the eves where the roof dumped it yesterday.
wednesday was not as sunny, about the same temp, and much much windier! i ended up riding to every school, and the sau office. which was ok in one direction, but then i had to come back.
my last trip was into canaan. going east was really fast with the wind pushing me along. after finishing things there, i pointed back west at home, head down, and pedaling hard.
the last day of april was wet all morning, but i decided to go up town hill and work on a little side trail i was hoping to develop.
the start had a fairly large oak blowdown that i had to open up. that took a while. it also gave me a calf muscle bruise that is still hobbling me--somewhat. biking still felt good and flying downhill was a trip.
for fun, and under sunny skies, i have kept riding into may! it's always good to go outside and play! even with a bit of a limp.
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