{"id":2022,"date":"2011-04-07T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2011-04-09T20:22:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T02:22:01","slug":"mandatory-return-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/2011\/04\/07\/mandatory-return-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory Return Trip…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garmin Data: http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/activity\/78104022<\/a><\/p>\n

As usual, I was on the hook for a return trip to work this morning. I woke up about 5:45 a.m. and rolled over and went back to sleep for another 45 minutes or so. I just wasn’t ready to deal with morning quite yet — especially since I was going to start my day with a couple hour workout!<\/p>\n

It was cool, but far from cold. The sky had high, thin clouds but did not look threatening. So, I prepared to Scooter and myself for the trek back to Broomfield. We were on the road at 7:50 a.m. and by this time, the sun was up, the air warmer than it had bee a couple hours earlier and my brain was awake an ready to do battle with any and all traffic we encountered. Longs Peak was covered with a dusting of new snow — stunning.<\/p>\n

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There were the usual 18-wheelers and dump trucks on E. County Line Rd but they were courteous and we all got along. I took Cty Line Rd because I wasn’t sure how much energy I was going to have today. I did fine — but partly because I had a very helpful tail (or partial tail) wind out of the north. It was a gentle but steady breeze at my back — just enough so that I could feel the help. It was very much appreciated!<\/p>\n

As I rode the 4-5 mile stretch between CO-119 at the south end of Longmont and CO-52 just north of Erie, it was hard not to notice the ominous dark clouds that sat over Boulder, Lafayette and most all the communitites to the south and west. I feared the dark skies carried rain and I was heading in that general direction. Nothing I could do about it now. It stood between me and work, so Scooter and I were going through!<\/p>\n

The temperature did drop noticably, but no rain as we rode on. At the top of the Lowell Blvd hill, I stopped and took a couple of pictures to show you the line between “good weather” and “bad weather.” Luckily, Scooter and I were just a hair to the left of “bad weather.”<\/p>\n

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Here’s a shot that shows Boulder\u00a0 (which is off to the right in the image above). Really, that’s Boulder. Can’t you just imagine the Flatirons, the foothills and all the homes?<\/p>\n

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The sorts of things you experience and take note of on a bicycle are so different than when you cruise along in an automobile. I love the richness of the experience and wonder what our next ride will have to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Garmin Data: http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/activity\/78104022 As usual, I was on the hook for a return trip to work this morning. I woke up about 5:45 a.m. and rolled over and went back to sleep for another 45 minutes or so. I just wasn’t ready to deal with morning quite yet — especially since I was going to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2027,"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022\/revisions\/2027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starfirefarm.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}