The gun sounded, pedal within yourself, here comes 2022.
Going forward I will share data from year just completed.
I rode trails in 8 states, leaving AZ early April, in order: NM, CO, UT, ID, OR, WA, MT. Montana was the head back south state riding in some of the same states back to Hurricane, UT.
By state ride info:
AZ, 50 rides covering 670 miles
CO 13 ” ” 158 ”
ID 14 161
MT 10 136
NM 1 9
OR 63 1078
UT 60 841
WA 19 283
I rode 230 times covering 3,336 miles. I spent $6,568 on bike stuff, $1,920 on diesel, van repair $2,070. My food bill was more than bike. Mileage was 12,834 there about.
I am on day 5 of antibiotics to eradicate H. pylori from my digestive system. This afternoon my health and the meds seemed to have overcome my malaise. I haven’t ridden in 7 days, some attributed to the fight. Weather took a turn to winter conditions with occasional precip, a day of van rocking wind, several days of below 40 degrees, and now freeze thaw. At 8:30 this morning with the sun over the ridge, outside the temp was 22, I was toasty inside at 48 degrees. I held a thermometer at the heater heated duct that showed the heated air was 144 degrees. Heat loss is greater than heater output. My bed area is warmer than where I am sitting typing this.
Sunshine and warmer temps are forecast going forward into 2022.
I just finished reading, “Hannibal”, same author wrote “Silence of the Lambs”. I allowed myself to turning the pages for many hours. Getting lost in a novel means I don’t have to mess with my life. I could have “Red Dragon” by same author waiting for me at Sedona.
Friend Steve lives south of Bellevue which is south of Ketchum. He sent me a 10 sec video from behind a window seeing many inches, maybe feet, of snow. I travel to stay ahead of what he shared. My settle down spot near La Pine, OR is also snowy, I do not have images of what I would be dealing with.
Will prolly take off Tuesday for Sedona which is also warming up freeze thaw mud.
This is it. Say good night.
freeze thaw is over. Sedona is hero dirt. Rail on.