September rides

[emily_in_nc]

Meant to add that I just published a blog post on cycling in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. It was just lovely! This was a couple of weeks ago.

http://travelingtwosome.weebly.com/t...ional-monument

[north woods gal]

Know what you mean about the elevation thing, Emily. Really is a factor, especially when you don't live in a high elevation, year round.

As for the mud thing, well, it's all part of the mountain bike image, I suppose. As they say, a clean mountain bike is a mountain bike that is not being used. For sure, I HATE indoor riding and will be doing enough of that this winter when temps fall well below zero. Would rather ride in the rain or even snow, any day. An indoor girl, I have never been.

That Florida heat and sunshine was nice, though, now that I'm back to my north woods. The memory should helpto keep me warm on my upcoming winter rides in the snow with the fat bike.

PS Really enjoying your blogs!

[emily_in_nc]

As for the mud thing, well, it's all part of the mountain bike image, I suppose. As they say, a clean mountain bike is a mountain bike that is not being used.

True, but there is such a thing as riding in dry areas! That's for me. I think the younger MTBers like to get as muddy as they possibly can as this shows how hard they rode, or some such. I am certainly not in that subculture, and I have nothing to prove. I think anyone 50+ who is on a MTB should be commended anyway. We are certainly in a distinct minority.

PS Really enjoying your blogs!

Thank you! It's nice when someone besides my mom reads 'em!

[Crankin]

So, it looks like I won't have anymore miles in September. Pathetic. It's going to be raining through Friday, except tomorrow, when I am working from 9-7. I will go to the gym, but unless I ride to work, no more. And the weekend looks even worse.

[ny biker]

Yes my weekly hill ride is rained out, and I'll be out of town this weekend.

Continuing this year's trend of working hard to get in shape then being off the bike just long enough to lose it.

[north woods gal]

Looks like you girls are getting that rain that has been hanging on, here, in northern Wisconsin for three days. Supposed to have sunshine, tomorrow, though. Hang in, there.

Picked up a cold, this week, but said the heck with it and just did a little mountain biking around the house. Might not be the smartest thing to do, but, hey, at least I did some riding.

[ny biker]

I think our rain has actually been coming up from the south. Though I was expecting to get hit with the same storms that have been hitting the midwest -- maybe they stayed farther north and that is what's hitting Massachusetts. We've had showers on and off since yesterday with very heavy rain overnight, more than 4" in Winchester VA which is west of DC, near the WV border, but also very heavy rains yesterday and overnight in southern Maryland, on either side of the Chesapeake Bay -- up to 7". Showers and gray skies and flash flooding expected to continue through tomorrow, and now they're saying rain will linger into the weekend.

It occurred to me this morning that I will be driving home from my weekend trip on Sunday through an area where I love to ride. But I'm already frazzled trying to get packed and all the errands run before I leave tomorrow night, and trying to pack up the bike and all the related gear on top of that would be too much. If I get home early enough and it's not raining (and if 'm not too hungover!) I will try to do a short local ride on Sunday afternoon/evening. I can't go mountain biking around my house but I can do loops on the roads in my 'hood, up and down the hills.