Today was a really gorgeous day, 14C and sunny with almost no wind, perfect for a quadracycle ride. So we went out mid-afternoon around the local area, logging 9.7 km on the GPS.
We actually haven't been out quadracycling since September 8th. The main reasons have been, yes, more rain and that we have both had colds. The colds were a nuisance, but the rain has been something else. We had the left-overs from a hurricane (Ike) and even a Pacific tropical storm (Lowell) blow through and bring more unwelcome precipitation. It has been this way all summer.
The good news is that this next week is shaping up to be a dry one, at last and perhaps we'll get more quadracycling in, before it gets wet out again.
At this point all I can say is that it doesn't look like Ruth will meet her 1000 km goal for this year, but we will give it a shot. Perhaps the fall, which starts officially tomorrow, will prove drier than the summer, spring and last winter were? We aim to get out everyday that we can, especially when we get clear, calm and dry days like today was.
Even while we are quadracycling near to home and think that everyone in this area must have seen us out pedalling in the past two years, we still get questions! Today we got "pulled over" on a quiet suburban street by a guy driving his car who wanted to ask us about the quadracycle. We don't mind - it is always great to talk to people about the vehicle and how much fun it it to ride together.
Price of gas locally today $1.124
Total quadracycling for 2008 so far - 455.3 km
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