Elena Gallegos gets a water feature.
Good Friday? I wouldn’t know. It’s too early for a proper review.
Yesterday was a pretty good Thursday, though.
The weather shifted gears a bit, and I was able to give the trees a sip of water and get myself out for 90 minutes of sun worship on the foothills trails.
The Co-Motion Divide Rohloff is a great bike for this sort of thing if you’re not in a rush, which I never am. It goes about 32 pounds with all its bells and whistles, which include drop bars, a rigid steel frameset, and a pair of hefty 50mm Donnelly X’Plor MSO tires.
The cool spring having left me low on mileage and high on a whiter shade of pale, I wasn’t exactly skipping the light fandango in the Elena Gallegos Open Space. At times, especially on the hills, it felt like I was towing a Burley trailer containing 16 vestal virgins, a waiter, and his tray.
A mountain biker yielding trail on a climb shouted, “Hey, gravel bikes!” as I lumbered up. No, it’s a touring bike, I mumbled to myself, and there’s only one of us, shortly before a dude on an actual gravel bike passed me so fast the waiter couldn’t take his drink order.
Speaking of drinks, while railing the corners down Trail 342 bound for 203A, I abruptly found myself facing a water crossing. We’ve been in The Duck! City for nearly nine years now and I don’t think I’ve ever seen water running in this little arroyo.
So, yeah. A good Thursday, for sure. But a good Friday? Don’t ask Herself. Someone buggered something down to the Death Star and she had to go down there, on a day off, to boot a server in the slats.
Tags: Co-Motion Divide Rohloff, Death Star, Elena Gallegos Open Space, Herself, Procol Harum, Sandia foothills
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April 7, 2023 at 10:07 am |
Any luck on finding Dom while you were out? But then, I guess that’s an adventure to be taken with compañeros and perhaps some cable and a train.
I hope Mrs. POG is dutifully compensated ala Davis, Bacon and a half for her off day fubar repair. We need to insure that those who actually run our empire remain happy doing so.
April 7, 2023 at 2:21 pm |
Dom de Domdom? Naw, he’s working the homicide beat with José Friday. Just the facts, man.
April 7, 2023 at 4:40 pm |
“Fandango.”
April 7, 2023 at 4:54 pm |
Costner flick, hey? I liked him best in “The Big Chill.”
April 7, 2023 at 5:57 pm |
You like his acting that much huh? I wasn’t aware but apparently he was in Night Shift. I don’t believe he was as stiff in that role.
April 7, 2023 at 6:58 pm |
“American Flyers” is a sin that can never be forgiven.
Though I did enjoy “Bull Durham,” mostly for Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.
April 7, 2023 at 7:13 pm
Yeah American Flyers. P-Yew. The promoters of the Coors Classic did a fine job selling that movie to the spectators during the race, and all the racers knew it was crap.
April 7, 2023 at 8:24 pm |
McFarland. And back off American Flyers. You want to borrow my DVD? Without American Flyers there might not have been Dirty Dancing.
April 7, 2023 at 10:54 am |
Didn’t you stop to soak your feet in the running water? It was a little miracle to see, no? Maybe the pope was around the bend waiting to give your dogs a good scrubbing.
April 7, 2023 at 2:25 pm |
Il Papa sent his regards and regretted that he was otherwise occupied, since he loves a fine pair of Eyetalian scarpe like my Sidis.
The socks? Eh, not so much. …
April 7, 2023 at 1:14 pm |
Lots of snowmelt up here, too. Yesterday was only the second time in four years I had to ford an arroyo down on the rail trail. Deep enough to submerge the bottom bracket, so I probably should check for water still in there.
April 7, 2023 at 2:35 pm |
Last time I rode through running water in a Fanta Se arroyo I stuffed the front wheel into an unseen hole, slid down the top tube, and laid a leg open on a cable guide that really should’ve been somewhere else. Ow wow yow zow.
April 7, 2023 at 4:31 pm |
I did drop the front wheel into a low spot but not serious enough to do a Sacred Endo (given it was Holy Thursday, would presumably have been A Sign).
But glad there is water in some of these streams. Beats having fire in the forests.
April 8, 2023 at 7:40 am |
Don’t go telling everyone about your water find. Someone from California or Nebraska will stake a claim before the electronic ink on this website dries.
April 8, 2023 at 7:43 am |
I forgot how much fun dog ownership is during the spring. Bruno has white paws, or, had white paws, and every 10 minute lap around the neighborhood brings back a kilo of the neighbors’ topsoil.
April 8, 2023 at 8:20 am |
When Herself and I are out for a chilly run on frozen trails, the wind blasting sideways out of the north with maybe a bit of sleet for company, I often remark, “Kinda miss walking a dog, huh?” Then I run really fast. Because I have to.
April 8, 2023 at 8:18 am |
Man, it’s rare enough that you see damp soil a few minutes after a heavy rain. Actual running water? I’m surprised nobody established a santuario on the spot.