beat the heat part two: blue goes belly up in bogie
I was determined to make today’s ride work after yesterday’s misadventure in which I stayed out too long in the scorching sun and almost set myself and Blue on…
letterkenny foils my attempt to beat the heat
It was meant to be 30 C (feels like 42 C) by early afternoon and I don’t handle searing hot temperatures well. Had I left on schedule at 7 am,…
good thing michelle was along for the ride!
It was a perfect day to #RideTheHighlands. Not too hot, not too cool. Bright sun and blue skies with a few clouds here and there. WindSister and fellow Canadian…
when wind isn’t therapy
I got up early this morning and rode for two hours in less-than-ideal conditions to volunteer at a poker run for a good cause. During the ride to the…
i may have a problem…
Get up at 8. Check the weather on laptop. Forecast: clear until noon; rain for the rest of the day. Maybe I can get a ride in before the…
weathered
I woke up at 7:30 am to blue skies. But the outlook for Almonte, where I live, was ominous. Thunderstorms would – or rather could – roll in by…
when old new friends meet again…
Annick and I met on either side of a gas pump at the Esso station in Almonte on September 9, 2022. We were both riding Yamahas at the time. We…
are kilometers worth crowing about?
When I #RideTheHighlands, which is frequently, I often pitstop coming or going or sometimes both in Calabogie at The Calabogie Brewing Company, The Redneck Café or the Bogie General Store….
5 reasons to do routes differently
In many ways, I am a creature of habit. I have the same thing every day for breakfast — which I eat at lunchtime — sometimes for months or…
if at first you don’t quite succeed…
Today was YET ANOTHER PERFECT DAY for riding. Almost better than Sunday. As it was such an amazing day, I thought I would again try a loop to Barry’s…