Outta here to someplace warm
02-06-09, 03:35 PM
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Outta here to someplace warm
That's it. I need to ride outdoors, somewhere warm.
Took a week off work, packing up the car, putting on the bike rack and heading south. First down to Albany, GA to visit my son and his family, then on down somewhere near Panama Beach, in the Panhandle.
The bike is coming and I plan to ride as much as I can next week somewhere where there is no ice, no snow and no need to bundle up in layers of clothes.
I can't wait. Never been so caught up with cabin fever. The temps down south are predicted to be in mid to upper seventies.
Took a week off work, packing up the car, putting on the bike rack and heading south. First down to Albany, GA to visit my son and his family, then on down somewhere near Panama Beach, in the Panhandle.
The bike is coming and I plan to ride as much as I can next week somewhere where there is no ice, no snow and no need to bundle up in layers of clothes.
I can't wait. Never been so caught up with cabin fever. The temps down south are predicted to be in mid to upper seventies.
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02-06-09, 04:23 PM
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Yesterday was 13 BELOW zero up here in Michigan!!!
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02-06-09, 05:01 PM
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Naw for that you would need to throw in a 20MPH wind (a wind chill factor of -40) ..... Nothing says cold like standing outside on a brutally cold day, in a stiff wind, waiting for a $%#@*&! bus that is $%#@*&! late...... I've been there, and yes, time does stand still.
Around here it's weird though, Wednesdays HIGH was -18℃ with a wind chill of around -30, yesterday was -12℃ with a wind chill of -20, today got up to -2℃ with no wind (so no wind chill), tomorrow is supposed to be +6℃ a change of 24℃ in only 3 days. Supposed to stay near or above freezing all week, and rain for several days, that should really drop the snow levels down. Need to clear out the catch basin at the bottom of the driveway so the rain and snow melt has somewhere to go.....
Around here it's weird though, Wednesdays HIGH was -18℃ with a wind chill of around -30, yesterday was -12℃ with a wind chill of -20, today got up to -2℃ with no wind (so no wind chill), tomorrow is supposed to be +6℃ a change of 24℃ in only 3 days. Supposed to stay near or above freezing all week, and rain for several days, that should really drop the snow levels down. Need to clear out the catch basin at the bottom of the driveway so the rain and snow melt has somewhere to go.....
02-06-09, 05:02 PM
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i know about the big swing in temps, tuesday was 75, wednesday was 45 uggh. Time didn't stand still but it went into hibernation.
02-06-09, 06:21 PM
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That's it. I need to ride outdoors, somewhere warm.
Took a week off work, packing up the car, putting on the bike rack and heading south. First down to Albany, GA to visit my son and his family, then on down somewhere near Panama Beach, in the Panhandle.
The bike is coming and I plan to ride as much as I can next week somewhere where there is no ice, no snow and no need to bundle up in layers of clothes.
I can't wait. Never been so caught up with cabin fever. The temps down south are predicted to be in mid to upper seventies.
Took a week off work, packing up the car, putting on the bike rack and heading south. First down to Albany, GA to visit my son and his family, then on down somewhere near Panama Beach, in the Panhandle.
The bike is coming and I plan to ride as much as I can next week somewhere where there is no ice, no snow and no need to bundle up in layers of clothes.
I can't wait. Never been so caught up with cabin fever. The temps down south are predicted to be in mid to upper seventies.
Enjoy the warmth,
Denny
02-07-09, 07:34 AM
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Looking for good rides around Albany, GA and Panama Beach FL... will check mapmyride but wonder if anyone has suggestions...
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Follow me on Twitter @michiganbiking and @michigandermike
Bikes: '09 Gary Fisher Superfly, '08 Trek Madone 5.5, '05 Bianchi Axis
