Today was a gloriously beautiful day. 20 degrees this morning and 59 degrees this afternoon. Difficult to be indoors and know it would be dark at fun time!! With the weather forecast for the rest of the week looking wet and cold, then colder (-10 windchill), today was the day to go have fun. Lights charged, plans made, I was ready and set to go as soon as I could get dressed and get the bike mounted and Abby dog loaded in the car. We went to a friends house and left for the wilds of Bent Creek from there. We opted to do a gravel road ride to avoid the sloppiness due to the freeze thaw. We rode a 1/4 mile section of trail to access the gravel roads from my friends house. The mud pictured on the bike was gathered from 3 sections of mucky trail just before the end of our ride; approximately 40 feet in length total!! Despite the deep freeze around the watersheds we had a fun on a much needed night ride! And Abby had a great run! Yes, it was dark 90% of our ride. Ooh, lions tigers and bears beware!!
After a wonderful meal of Orange Chicken, expertly prepared by the ever beautiful Megan, we settled in for some family time before bed. Going through a stack of books and magazines after finishing Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson, I decided to start looking through a recent reference acquisition from hops and vines. My beer is still blurp blurping and will be ready for bottling soon. It is my ambition to not have the brewing equipment sit idle too long. :) cheers!
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