#30daysofbiking -- part 2

things in my life often sit around unfinished. the kitchen table is piled with stuff, including all of last year's ticks, taped to sheets of paper, labeled with all the pertinent info, in an addressed envelope, waiting for...i don't know what, maybe this year's crop already started. queues in both my blogs--ttyol and goap!--are the cyber equivalent of the kitchen table. #30daysofbiking finished almost two weeks ago, but...ok, here's part 2.

days sixteen was definitely snowy! the riding was pretty much insane. i loved it!

day seventeen was almost pleasant temperature wise. the snow on top of the leaves higher up in the hills made for a sliding paradise rolling down hill. 

day eighteen, sunday, was a hiking/biking day up moose mtn to look back at town hill and spot the flag. trouble was, you couldn't see diddly and the trail was wicked wet!

day twenty one, you can see the snow and wet in the driveway over my shoulder. it was a wild day to be out riding. huge, sharp cracks of thunder seemed to shake me. since i rarely saw the lightening, they were often surprising.

day twenty two, there are a couple of downhill sections on the commute into work that quickly let me know how cold riding a bike in april can be--especially in the morning. somehow i always feel warmer coming home even when the temp hasn't changed all that much.

day twenty three, a short day at work got me out early, yeah, it was in the low twenties. the water in the bike bottle was solid.

later that same day it warmed enough to shed my winter jackets and take off for a good long~ish ride. i stopped a couple times to pick up some 'big' ticket trash items. question, who tosses out two microwaves into a ditch?

day twenty four, saturday: went up firescrew--the northern approach to cardigan--avoiding the weekend crowd and doing some spring trail maintenance. the logging road up to the mowgli trailhead was recently fixed up and makes for a fast mile and a half descent! before bombing down, i found this tiny reflection pool.

day twenty five, sunday: another weekend and the wind not too strong, so back up the pine with some 'new' flagging. 

all in all april was a grand month to get #30daysofbiking in. i haven't stopped now that it's may. thursday and friday, 6th and 7th, i got in a wonderful ride over to maine to see kevin and mariel and then up to evans notch to help open the amc cold river camp. i tried a new route that cut down 115 miles to 82 for that first 'long day'. the only problem was every back road i took, had 'hill' in its name!

life on the saddle has been / is good. and now that this post is finished, i can go outside and play!