No Perfect People Allowed

 Sept 4, 2024

For this morning's Ride Before Work, I decided a flatter ride would be nice. I thought I would ride up Route 10 along the Connecticut River towards Lyme and then hook back through Etna. Of course a flatter ride is never a reality when riding in northern New England. 

More Cowbell

 Sept 3, 2024

I had a work from home week after Labor Day Weekend and I was back in New Hampshire staying with Ann and working from her hotel room in Hanover. She went to work, early as usual, so I went out for a ride. It was so cold this morning that I borrowed an old pair of ski gloves she happened to have with her.

Getting Fat at PHP

 

It's been a month since I was last at Pine Hill Park and after doing work around Ann's house in the morning, making some adjustments to the bike shed I rode out to PHP and the first thing I noticed was the new sign.

Riding after the Storm

 

Unbeknownst to us, as 4th of July celebrations were kicking off and intense wall of thunderstorms, wind and rain ripped through the area. This part of Connecticut seems to be a magnet for intense weather that results in downed trees, blocked roads, and the power being out for days. We didn't lose power in Sandy Hook but large swaths of Newtown did. 

OOF on the 4th of July

 

Ann & I got out before 7 AM on Saturday and rode from Sandy Hook to Ovens of France (aka OOF) in Woodbury.