These posts are in chronological order, which makes it sort of hard to follow, for example posts from a bicycle tour. For the tours the applicable posts are attached to the tour itself where they are easier to follow.
A club touring trip organized by Phil Gagnon. We meet up at Central Point. Phil and I both rode from Ashland (separately).
Front to back - Phil, Chris, George, Leslie
We took Agate Road to Nick Young Road stopped at this Vinyard but did not taste any wine.
Every year we ride the Evans Creek loop and pass this sign. We always debate whether or not it turns to gravel. We've been searching for a route between the Rogue and Umpqua valleys and wondered if this could be it. So this year we parked at the sign and found out.
First time up Greensprings on the Trucker. I had a pretty good headwind all the way up which made it even harder. Nice day though, cool in the shade and warm in the sun. As you can see the lake was still partly frozen.
Out past the Table Rocks and then into Gold Hill. Here is a video I took with my iPhone mounted on the handlebar.
Out and back ride along the Applegate and Rogue Rivers. It was a cold winter day but the roads were dry and I had a great ride.
We always get a spell of decent weather in February, but not this nice. 55 - 65 all week, and without the strong winds we tend to get here. I got in several good rides including twice up Greensprings Summit and rides of 64 and 75 miles. I'm starting to feel like I'm getting close to being ready to ride everyday on a bike tour.
Linda shot this picture of this young Bull Elk grazing on our recent trip to the Redwoods.
Andy said he was thinking about an overnight ride, camping for one night. We thought about Stewart park but it was a little too far and most of the other options were at too high elevation for this time of year. So we opted for Valley of the Rogue Park between Gold Hill and Rogue River.
It was a decent day on Saturday though never got as warm as the forecast said. We had a good escort most of the way.
I've been ready lot's of ride logs at Adventure Cycling and at Crazy Guy On A Bike. Getting plenty of inspiration for touring and getting some good tips. A good way to spend January. Getting out on the bike 3 days a week as well.
I took advantage of a nice warm spell and got in 4 rides with the temerature in the 50's. It's cooled off again but still well above 40. Lot's of people on the roads during the day. Must be retired folks getting out and getting some rides.
It took a while to get out there. It's been warming up for a few days but raining in the afternoon. Rain held off today. Was planning to take it slow the whole way but got behind another rider early on. Took a while to catch up to a young woman who then dropped back as soon as I passed. She must have been riding hard to keep me from catching her. I definitely rode slower on the way back. Was planning on a 20 mile ride but stretched it to 30. Was pretty beat after.
Rode to work three days this week without a problem. Ribs still hurt but getting better. Hope to do a bike path ride soon.
I spent 9 days riding in the mountains of Colorado. The full story is on Lieb's Log and all of the pictures are on Picasa
I almost lost this web site. An upgrade broke the theme I was using. I didn't realize it was just the theme so I beat on a lot of other things trying t fix it. Then I lost a hard drive with the database. I was able to retrieve it from backup so now its all back together.
The big summer planting.
Corn: Miracle early, Precocious mid, and Golden Jubilee late
Winter squash (from top to bottom of the bed)
Waltham Butternut
Discus bush Buttercup/Kabocha
Spaghetti
Mesa Queen Acorn
Bush Delicata
Bush beans - Jade and Maxibel
Pole Beans - Kentucky Blue
Mammoth Sunflowers
Transplanted Leeks - Mussleburg
Third planting of Lettuce - Romain and Continuity
Rototilled the corn patch with Linda's Mantis. Clover was thick but the deer had grazed it down quite a bit. It's been cool and rainy. Early plantings are looking good.
