Holy cats it was a cold ride today. The outdoor thermometer said it was 52F, but with the wind it felt much colder. We wore the same stuff as last time, except this time we each put a paper towel in our helmets to cut the amount of wind that was giving us ice cream headaches. Coming back we had a very stout head wind.
Our desire to park at the Rillito Race Track was thwarted by every parking place being full due to some sort of soccer event. So we went down the road to a smaller trail head that had open slots. Tomorrow is the Rillito Farmer's Market, so we'll probably go to yet another trailhead to find parking. We're not riding on the roads yet, people are so crazy in their cars. We may never ride on the roads again. Being in a hospital now would be bad.
Today's route out to the east was not so interesting. We will not go in that direction again. There were trees and very blue skies. This is the winter sky color.
There are large power poles in the Rillito River.
This is something having to do with electricity, but I'm not sure exactly what that would be.
Tomorrow is forecast to be warmer and happy we are about that. Monday will not be a riding day because highs will be in the 40s and that is too cold for moi.
It looks like a substation. Love those blue skies.
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It's probably a generating plant. there's a huge one not far out of town around here. Bikes and cars don't mix. Too many drivers are assholes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I had the same thought as Pixie -- a substation. Like the ones people periodically shoot at! That is a blue, blue sky.
ReplyDeleteLove the blue sky but your temps are about like ours.
ReplyDeleteThat would be too cold for me; we're doing trainer rides until spring has sprung. Living in the tropics (Florida or farther south) for too many winters has ruined us for cold weather!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to have "winter" occupations.
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