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White Dog Nipping at My Toes
Sulis and I rode nearly to Why-oh-ming today. It was teeth-chattering cold when we started, and I had only brought arm warmers. Luckily, Sulis had come prepared with a jacket she didn't want to wear (or so she said, maybe she was just being nice). But by about 10 miles in, I was ready to lose the jacket, and the pants I had on too. So there I stood taking off my clothes on the side of the road. Good thing there was very little traffic. We hid the clothes in the weeds, marking the hiding place with a broken reflector, and we continued on. Lots of rolling hills on the way out. Going out I'm thinking, "Oh man, I've got to save my legs if I'm going to make it back to the car." Those were some big rollers. But once we turned back, the road seemed to be all downhill. Weird.
Anyway, as I'm climbing one of the bigger climbs, a big, mean, scary, snarling white dog starts barking and I can tell by the look on it's face it wants to eat me. "Not now!" I think. "Not on this hill!" But, I must save myself from being a tasty doggie snack, so I stand it up and sprint. Sulis says it looked like the dog was nipping at my tires. By the time I dared to look back, the mangy mutt was standing in the road eyeballing her. She tells me all she had to do was look the dog in the eye and tell it to STAY. Good statigy. :D
A little way up the road, I'm squinting, I can't believe my eyes. Could it really be? There's a herd of cattle being driven down the road. Why is this so surprising? I'll tell you why: the only two times I have ridden bikes with Sulis, there has been a cattle drive on the road. The first time it happened in a road race, Garden Creek Gap. Click here for Sulis's race report.
After riding about 15 miles toward Wyoming, we decided it was getting too hot and we turned around and went back. The way back was really nice. I didn't realize how much climbing we had done on the way out until we turned around and everything felt fast and easy.
It's always an adventure to ride with Sulis. She's alot of fun! Here's some picture of our ride:
Here's where we hid the clothes. See the long weeds? You couldn't see the clothes in them at all.
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Here I am enjoying the beautiful view. I think my Amici Veloci armwarmers go fabulously with my KGSN cycling jersey!
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Sulis riding past Echo Reservoir.
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After the ride, and since we were in the neighborhood :rolleyes: , we did some shopping at the Pearl Izumi store. I have no control there and spent WAY too much money. But, I did NEED the stuff. :p
