I headed downtown to hang out with a buddy *cough*@dougsymington*ahem* for lunch. The diner we were going to hit was closed, so we went to a thai place. mmm…
Tag: street
fresh white
a surprise snowfall overnight and through the day. it was supposed to miss the city, but wound up catching us after all. unfortunately for me, this means the bike will be parked in the garage for the rest of the week, and then I’m on vacation until after new year’s, so I’m likely done riding for the year…
ghostly
Evan tries on the Floating Ghost Head hanging in front of our house. Halloween. Scaaaaaarrrryyyy…
trench run on Hoth
a wee bit of snow in the last 24 hours. our front street looks like a ski hill, with a trench carved down the middle for traffic.
blowing leaves
wind was gusting up to 90km/h in the city today, blowing most of the leaves away. this was the strongest wind I’ve ever ridden in – stronger even than the gusts down by Lundbreck.
3400km
alley
the alley beside India Gate – where I ate both lunch and dinner today, and am convinced I’d be able to eat every meal for at least a week.
walk
a student walks toward campus on a very icy path worn into the sidewalk’s packed snow.
hill training
I took a detour on the ride home today to add some big hills to start training for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. I wound up almost all the way down to the Bow River, at the Stoney Trail bridge, and climbed up almost to Crowchild Trail. The hill here is at the south entrance of Tuscany – it doesn’t look like much of a hill from here, but it’s a whopper. I’ll be trying to do this a few times a week, in addition to longer rides to build endurance.
iceblock
this cul de sac gets very little traffic, and even less direct sunlight, so the snow packs into thick ice that takes a long time to melt. I’ve given up riding on this stretch – my tires aren’t set up for this kind of ice.