Come on Summer, we\’re ready for you! I\’m sure much of the USA is only too eager for the weather to warm up. I know I\’m ready for a real ride without miserably cold fingers. Thanks to my problems with Raynaud\’s, I\’m reluctant to ride outdoors while this cold snap lasts; and I\’m getting tired […]
Maintenance isn\’t only about keeping that bike in good working condition. It\’s also about diet and weight. Over the last year, I lost some 26 pounds. Last February I was uneasily aware that my weight had climbed to 128; and considering how short I am, that was way too much. But getting myself to do
Don\’t take it to extremes! Extreme training isn\’t for everyone. Certainly it isn\’t for me! However, there are other extremes going on around here. Namely, the weather. Monday night it dropped to about 26 degrees; and that\’s phenomenally cold for us. Happily, I was able to keep my water pipes in action. Yesterday, it barely
It\’s running! No, I don\’t mean a foot race; I mean my water. We had a hard freeze last night. Such weather is unusual for us; and it often means a lot of burst pipes all over the city. My pipes froze during the 2018 cold snap. Naturally I wasn\’t eager for a repeat performance;
A blog about water?! This seems like an appropriate time for it. We\’ve got a deep freeze coming! With such weather comes the risk of frozen pipes; and I\’ll bet drinking water is flying off the shelves in any store that carries it. I\’m glad I keep several gallon jugs of Trinkwasser on hand. I
It was a wild ride to the salvage store yesterday. The wind chill was in the mid-30s; and there were gusts up to 22 mph. I\’m glad I decided not to use the trailer. As it was, it felt like I\’d never get to the store! Of course I looked through the grab-bag bins —
Let\’s chill out with this delicious frozen dessert! Maybe I\’m crazy for wanting ice cream on a day like today. In fact, at 8 am, the chill factor was down to the mid-30s. It was a cold ride to the salvage store; and with wind gusts up to 22 mph, it almost seemed that I\’d
It\’s a wet journal today! At 5 am, it was raining. Not very hard; but raining nonetheless. I debated whether to try a short ride while I had a bite to eat. Here and there I heard a grumble of thunder. It seemed to be moving this way; and there\’s no telling when distant lightning
It\’s time to hunker down again — but not for a tropical storm this time. We\’ve got rain and much colder weather on the way. It already rained today; and more is coming. The coldest weather will be Monday night; down to freezing or even below. That does not bode well for a Tuesday ride.
It looks like Mardi not so Gras this year. Ordinarily New Orleans sees fat profits from Fat Tuesday. Tourism is a major source of income for the city; but this year is different. New Orleans will be pretty much shut down. Bars will be closed for the weekend, beginning on the 12th. Hotel occupancy is