Dear So and So

[Selkie]

Current wind chill: -2

Not even my die-hard cold weather K9s want to spend more than a few minutes outside in this cold.

I'm warming up the sunroom, where I will spend a couple hours with Coach Troy. Should I go to Arizona for rides up Mt. Lemmon and Gates Pass or should I opt for that beast Have Mercy, the Sequel?

I checked the extended outlook -- possible snow showers tomorrow, which will be the final indignity if we have any accumulation. The way things are going, there won't be any outdoor riding in the near future. Even the Bike Rack in DC canceled its store ride for today!

Feel sorry for the inauguration spectators and public safety folks who will be out in this.

[Blueberry]

I'm warming up the sunroom, where I will spend a couple hours with Coach Troy. Should I go to Arizona for rides up Mt. Lemmon and Gates Pass or should I opt for that beast Have Mercy, the Sequel?

I'd go for the AZ scenery! Much easier to pretend you're somewhere warmer

CA

[Selkie]

I'd go for the AZ scenery! Much easier to pretend you're somewhere warmer

CA

That's what I did but I had forgotten how tough it was to climb up Mt. Lemmon. I did that entire part of the ride, plus the descent, and then Gates Pass to Kinney Road. About 2 hrs.

I'd love to move out there. I've had enough of East Coast weather.

[bmccasland]

That's what I did but I had forgotten how tough it was to climb up Mt. Lemmon. I did that entire part of the ride, plus the descent, and then Gates Pass to Kinney Road. About 2 hrs.

Ride

Up

Lemmon???

I'm impressed!

I used to live in Tucson, and I can't imagine riding UP Mt Lemmon. What an 8000 ft elevation change?

[Selkie]

Ride

Up

Lemmon???

I'm impressed!

I used to live in Tucson, and I can't imagine riding UP Mt Lemmon. What an 8000 ft elevation change?

I don't think Coach Troy goes the entire way up. Just 15 miles or so. To Windy Gap, I think. It was hard.