November 30th, 2012

November 29th, 2012

A cold evening with the full moon hiding behind thin clouds.

Food Intake

November 28th, 2012

November 26th, 2012

While surfing the net, I found a Strava Mashup that creates a chart of a segment.

This is the Fox Road Climb I did today…

Red is an incline about 10%, Blue is above 5% and Green is below 5%.

When we woke up this morning, it was cold.

But the weather forecast was for sun and highs near 50 degrees.

When we left for the start of the ride, it was cold.

It was cold at the Red Lot (where the Salem Bicycle Club starts their rides).

It was cold when I flated on State Street just past Cordon Rd.

It would have been cold climbing the hills to Victor Point / Fox Road, but I was working too hard.

It was cold when I started descending to Silverton.

It was warm in the coffee shop.

It was very, very cold when we left the coffee shop.

It was cold on the way back due to the cold, north wind.

It was so cold my Garmin battery died before the end of the ride (I really should have charged it last night).

None the less, I had fun!

Food Intake

November 25th, 2012

November 23rd, 2012

In the days before Thanksgiving, the weather forecast called for rain. Joanne and I usually do a morning ride and it did not seem like the weather was going to be pleasant. I was not looking forward to being housebound.

However, when we woke up on Thanksgiving day, we were happy to seen clouds with nothing falling from them. Yes, the roads were wet, but we will take wet roads over rain any day of the week. There was only one problem – it was cold! The temperature was under 40 degrees. But looking out our window we could see the sun breaking though warming up the day.

We waiting until after 10:00 am and then headed out for a two hour ride. I wore four layers including the blue jacket and I was quite warm. The sun was breaking through the high thin clouds casting shadows of us on the drying road. In the west, we could see Mt. Hood and Mt. Jefferson and to our surprise we could see Mt. St Helens way off to the north.

On the way to the Wheatland Ferry, we came upon this old house on Wheatland Road. I could imagine the joy of Thanksginings past that this old farm house hosted in the past. Looking at it empty and quite now brought a bit of melancholy to me.

We could not ride to the ferry as there was high water across the access road so we opted to ride to the boat ramp where we could see just how high the recent rains have raised the Willamette River.

I continue tracking my food intake but I fudged about dinner. Instead of listing each and every delicious bite I entered an arbitrary 1500 calories. It was probably more, but 1500 is an even round number.

November 22nd, 2012

The Ride

It was cold tonight and the sky was mostly clear allowing us to see the moon above. Four of us ventured out and at Windsor Inland Bridge, we dodged a deer that was running across the road.

Food Intake

November 21st, 2012