Took a sunset ride on the Minuteman, just up to Lexington Center, 10 miles, towards the end of today's thaw. The thaw did its work, most of the trail was either dry, bare pavement, or wet, bare pavement, but there were stretches of rutted slush, like this bit near Russell Place, Arlington, that will cause trouble when they freeze up tonight: icy ruts.
The inevitable next plowing will help with that, and we're in for enough action this week that change of state is the best bet. Meanwhile, there were subtle sunset colors to admire, with just enough surface variation to turn this into an entertaining mixed-terrain ride on the studded Nokians, made a little more challenging after dark, when one of the two headlights decided to exhaust its batteries.
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