9 March 2010 - 6:23Work/Rest/Ride

I needed to take a creative day off on Monday. Sorry.

Saturday I was as busy as I have ever been. The state tax holiday brought out more than a few frugal shoppers, and there were all ready to buy buy buy! I literally was going non stop from 9 to 5. I sold a lot of bikes, bikes that were in desperate need of a new and loving home. There are still a couple left, including the 19″ Superfly…

Sunday was spent mostly in the car. The boy and myself went to Down East’s open house, which was only 125 miles away as the crow flies. But as we say around these parts “can’t get there from here” and it was 3 hours there and 3 hours back. Thankfully the weather was great, and the roads were too despite being a bit frost heavie. I actually got to catch up with some old industry friends I hadn’t seen in a while, so it was a worthwhile trip.

I spent Monday morning taking care of all the things I needed to order/deal with etc, and I spent the afternoon enjoying my winter hours for once. According to the sign on the door, I close at 2:30 Monday thru Wednesday, but I always seem to be there no matter what. This time, I locked the front door and left out the back with Kermit, and cranked out a nice although quick ride.

I’ve just started to figure out how to make my Garmin 305 talk to my computer. I haven’t figured out how to embed the map onto the blog post, so here is the link until I figure it out. Or if anyone has the secret, please share.

I felt pretty good despite feeling slightly crumby. I seemed to have developed some sort of annoying sinus malaise over the weekend, but I wasn’t about to let that stop me from getting out and enjoying one of the warmest days we’ve had this year.

My route was a 12.8 mile figure 8, and took me up Loomis Hill, across Sweet Rd, over Stowe Hollow, past the Pinnnacle, and back up the Hollow. Sweet Rd was still 95% frozen, the rest a nasty cold wet muddy slurry. It was the only truly sketchy part of the ride. The other gravel roads must have been dragged earlier today. They were smooth but very very soft. This added a bit of resistance.

I came across a rafter* of turkeys. There were about 7 or 8 of them crossing the road about 10 feet ahead of me, I somehow had snuck up on them. They weren’t really interested in hanging around for a good picture as I fumbled around for my camera. Those suckers can move pretty fast when they want to. This is the second ride in a row where I have come across these funny looking creatures.

It was a great ride, and badly needed.

* I actually looked it up. This is so as not to confuse them with the other kind of turkeys the locals tend to complain about up here. The other kind are normally found in SUVs talking on cell phones.