A short month

A very low mileage month, but it was the shortest month of the year.  That is my excuse and I'm sticking with it!

Julie and I went for a bike ride today.  In typical Julie fashion, it took 5 hours to ride 16 miles.  We started out with a ride to breakfast at the Queen Anne Cafe. While there we had a good chuckle.  Cascade Bicycle Club's mantra in support of protected bikeways and cycletracks is "8 to 80".  Today even without a protected bike lane we had 3 to 60.

 After breakfast we continued on down Queen Anne.  Before we got too far I had my first flat ever on the fixed gear bike.  We were getting a late start as it was, and with the flat we now decided to ride to Golden Gardens instead of Alki Beach. It would cut the expected mileage by half.

The sky was perfectly blue, with a very brisk wind blowing. We crossed the ship canal on the Chittenden Locks.  We didn't tarry too long as evidently there wasn't much to see today.

We continued on to Golden Gardens.  The locals were enjoying the sunshine, AND the wind.

Our time was short because I was meeting with a potential crew member for an upcoming bike race later in the afternoon.  So after some time dawdling around watching kite boarders and sailboats we turned around and rode back.

...........road bike..........rollers.........mtb..........lifecycle.......total
Today.............16...............0..............0...............0..................16 Jan...............765...............0...............0...............0...............765
Feb................248...............0...............0...............0................248
Total............1013...............0...............0...............0..............1013