Nerd Em's Adventures
The past month has been WET. Drizzly. Misty. Rainy. Foggy. Crappy. We rode under perpetually grey skies. We rode in light rain. We made the most of the delightfully cool temperatures even though they were accompanied by so much moisture. Some highlights are documented in the video below (it is missing its audio here since I uploaded it to youtube without the copyright music). Read more
The plan today is to go 110 miles on different back roads to get home. I have a rough route in mind but no turn-by-turn plans. We’ll see what the wind has to say and route accordingly.
110 miles on rough chip-seal and gravel means a long day, regardless. I can average about 13 mph on the rough chip-seal with a partial load. On gravel I can usually do about 11 mph. If the gravel is crap, it’s usually about 8-9 mph or less. Sunrise is around 7.15am. Sunset is about 4.55pm. Do the math. If we leave not long after sunrise, you can see that we will be cutting it pretty close on daylight, even if we never stop at all. Read more
To make my goal of riding 4,000 miles this year, with 4,000 kilometres within that being loaded touring…
I need to ride 350 miles each month, including 350 kilometres of touring: 350 miles/kms x 12 months = 4200 miles/kms
So for July I rode:
July Unloaded Miles: 193 miles
July Loaded Miles: 191 miles (307 kms)
July Total Miles Ridden: 384 miles
Year to Date Unloaded: 805 miles
Year to Date Loaded: 1883 miles (3030 kms)
Year to Date Total Miles: 2688 miles
The weather stats for the month go like this:
Rain on 25 of 31 days
117 mm rain total – normal is 70mm Read more
To make my goal of riding 4,000 miles this year, with 4,000 kilometres within that being loaded touring…
I need to ride 350 miles each month, including 350 kilometres of touring: 350 miles/kms x 12 months = 4200 miles/kms
So for August I rode:
August Unloaded Miles: 101 miles
August Loaded Miles: 36 miles (58kms)
August Total Miles Ridden: 137 miles
Year to Date Unloaded: 906 miles
Year to Date Loaded: 1919 miles (3088 kms)
Year to Date Total Miles: 2825 miles Read more
Way back in 1994, I got my roommate assignment for my freshman year at Colorado State. Back in the days before everyone had an email address and mobile phone, my future roommate and I wrote letters to each other in the lead-up to move-in day and then talked on a… gasp… landline phone. Read more
It’s early. 6.15am. There is frost on the ground and it’s 30F. Importantly, there is no fog. My flight out of Albury will not be delayed.
I’m sitting in our little airport waiting to board. Read more
Today is just a short day. Baby H is 11-months-old. She enjoys riding in the trailer, but only for 2-3 hours at a time. So our days will purposely be very short.
Jen’s mom, sister and nephew are going to go on a cave tour first thing. Then Sister C is going to drive up to Custer and ride back on the Mickelson Trail to meet us. Jen’s mom will meet us all in Custer later. Read more
It’s still raining and COLD in the morning. Supposedly, the showers should ease this afternoon, but at 9am, it is not looking good. In a brief break between showers earlier in the morning, I darted out of my tent and packed up everything. I managed to keep all my gear dry, but who likes packing up a soaking wet tent when it is 30-something F? Yuck! I pack up Jenny’s wet tent, too. But tent duty is more suited to my skills than baby duty! I assist with Sister C’s tent – it’s too big to do alone! Read more
If you’ve never ridden the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway through Custer State Park in South Dakota, then you must! It should most definitely be on your bike bucket list. It is so, so fun and very scenic. It is a twisty, curvy, climbing, descending piece of heaven. Go early in the morning and you won’t even have to worry about traffic – because it does get traffic-y as the day goes past 10am. Read more