Feb 12
Moving time big fat zero
Unless you count riding from my van to Halters door, and back again. I did buy them pizza. Do I get points for that?
Feb 13
Moving time 2 hr 1 min
I should call this ride “Does anyone remember who wanted those arrows?”
Had to work Saturday morning (my usual day off). Its ok though, I could use the money and I knew it would make me ride. Ride to work was uneventful. Except both my headlights decided to die. So I got to ride to work without headlights. I was also quite amazed at how many people are out driving at that hour on a Saturday morning. They probably were amazed that some nut was on a bike at that hour, and in that cold too.
Rather than just a straight ride home after work, I theorized that The Hubby would be very difficult to get on a bike considering the wind and temperatures predicted for the day, so decided I needed to do a long ride home. But as I headed in the “home” direction I changed my mind and headed straight home. I was thinking about all the comforts of home that I could be enjoying instead: a warm plush sugar glider, a warm plush robe, a warm plush husba….maybe not.
When I was ONE BLOCK away from my home, I didn’t turn. I went straight. And committed to doing an extra hour. I turned down a random street and was surprised by a small section of woods. Very small. But there was a trail there. So I took it. Ever see a trail in a neighborhood and think COOL! And it turns out to be a dead end with a huge pile of leaves at the end? This wasn’t that! I was delighted to see there was actually a small series of loops. I would have to loop around about 100 times to get in any sort of ride, but it was still nice to know it was there to goof off in if needed or wanted.
After the surprise loops in the miniscule woods I headed back in the direction of my home and again went straight rather than turn home. But where to go? That’s when I decided to go for the arrows. The Hubby and I had passed them a couple of times but had no way to safely transport them on the bikes. I didn’t want to just hold them, and I had weird visuals of a crash and being impaled by one of them, so we left them each time. But today I was heading home from work so still had my work backpack on. You know, change of shirt, lunch, etc. This was a perfect opportunity too because the Hubby wasn’t there to try and talk me out of it.
I want to say that up to now even though it was arctic region cold out I was quite comfortable. It wasn’t until I headed to “Her Trails” and got near the lakes that I started to feel a bit cold. Three ice covered lakes, and the wind blowing over the lakes and onto the fire road with very little tree coverage made it miserable. Thank God that section of fire road is pretty short and once again was in the woods. I had passed a vehicle parked on the side of the fire road, a man and young teen boy inside. The boy looked out at me and looked petrified. What was that all about?
As soon as I was in the woods, and pedaling on real dirt I was again quite comfortable and content to be there. Had been out almost an hour, and new I wanted at least another half hour to give me 2 for the day (commute into work is half hour or more for those of you that don’t know). I headed for the arrows. Still there, score!
After putting them in my back pack and satisfied with the safety of carrying them home I did a very short loop and headed back to the icy blasts by the lakes. On the other side of the fire road there are a few small ponds. On one of these ponds the man and boy I saw earlier were ice fishing! Cool. No pun intended. The man waved and smiled. The boy sat there huddled down looking unhappy. It was nice to see them out doing something like that together at that early hour, just wish the boy didn’t look so unhappy about it.
I figured by the time I reached home I would have just enough time in, and was ready to go home anyway. My feet were being to feel a little cold and my mind was starting to wander a bit. But it was flurrying ever so slightly and that made those last couple miles home quite lovely.
No photos during the ride. But I took these photos of my cold fishies in my pond. No ice fishing allowed.
