T Minus 104 days - On the road again

The weather and weekend finally aligned to allow the hearty cyclists out on the road again.  By the Jan 4th, I had 3 rides in for the year.  By Feb. 20th, I had 5.  I did a lot of spin classes, roller riding, and cross country skiing in between mind you, however, nothing beats the fun and endorphins of tackling the open roads, hills, and head winds of northwestern New Jersey in 30 degree weather.

Today Sue and I were the only ones to ride.  Everyone else was pretty much out of town.  I was ready to get out, having spent the last 2 days priming and painting the mud room.  A job I generally do not enjoy.  My plan was simple: Get up, eat, paint, ride, remove masking tape and plastic, shower , eat, sleep.  I stuck to plan all the way to through ride.  After that, it has been pretty much a slow moving trip towards bed time.

After a delicious dinner of salad, chicken and guacamole wraps and asparagus, I decided to book my trip to visit my Mom in Seattle in a few weeks while catching up on all the zanny sitcoms that numb my brain during the week.  Having done that, I am now typing a pretty much useless blog to see how the notifications go to the closed Facebook group I created for this very purpose.  While I am doing this, I am watching the most excellent 1958 release of "Godzilla - King of the Monsters" on Netflix. 

Nothing like 1950's B horror movies to kill the time.

Anyway, enough blathering.  The route today was the long Asbury route that takes us up over the ridge into Port Coulden, then through Washington and up Cemetery Hill, to Mountain View Rd, which is one my favorite rollers with nice views to the south.  Then cross the valley and back along the south side through Asbury, Hampton, and to the base of Point Mountain, then winding back.  31 miles in all today, not a steallarly long ride, but not bad given the small amount of outdoor rides we have been able to do and the temperature and headwind.

All in all, another great day.