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| Quality rain wear by Showers Pass ;-) |
I had limited time to ride today since I had "mom duty". My mom no longer drives (a good thing) so my 3 sisters and I take turns carting mom around. Today was my turn, so my afternoon was booked.
I took off on the rain bike just a couple hours after sunrise. According to my home weather station the temperature ranged from a low of 46.3 to a high of 47.1 during my ride. I rode from home since I wanted to spend my time riding, and not commuting by car to ride. I chose to head for a residential neighborhood near by. There was some hill climbing to get there. Over my gasping for air you can hear the rain hitting my phone that I was holding with one hand while trying to steer the bike with the other.
I came across tiny Tranquil Park and of course went for a tour of the trail there.
I continued riding around the neighborhood in search of miles. I'm kind of hoping for 500 miles in November. It will be a tall order since I had 100 miles yet to go as of this morning, and not a lot of time each day to ride, and even if I did, 100 miles in 3 days would be tough for this old out of shape guy. I rode by an elementary school and noted that kids aren't concerned with a little rain when it's recess time!
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| I didn't hear any quacking, but these little Oregonians had to have webbed feet. |
I was noting that while still quite comfortable despite the continual rain, that it was time for me to start making my way back home. I rolled back down to the wetland. I stopped to read the informational signs, and took a photo of them.
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| If you'd like to read the sign, click on the photo to view a full sized version. |
I even saw three deer. They were right against the chain link fence that separated the wetland from the road as I saw them, but by the time I stopped and took the phone out, they had moved a bit away.
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| Columbian Blacktail deer |
I thought that 15 miles would be a good goal for today, so as I neared the end of my ride I did a couple of repeats of a relatively flat road. The wind was more of a factor than the slight rise in the road in one direction.
467 ft of elevation gain never looked so gnarly.
........Road Bike........Rollers.......MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today .....15.................0..................0....................0............15
Jan.........26................ 0................0.....................0..............26
Feb.........7..................0................0.....................0...............7
March.......5.................0................0.....................0...............5
April.......0.................0...............66.....................0...............66
May.........0..................0..............79......................0...............79
June........2..................0...............0......................0...............2
July........64.................0...............0......................0...............64
August......11..................0...............0.....................0...............11
September......0..................0................0.....................0................0
October........0..................0...............0......................0................0
November.......415................0................0......................0...............415
YTD........521...............0...............154.....................0.............675
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