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No, we don’t think we’ll be going out with the JD cycling club. We’ll be leaving here before too long anyway, but mostly their schedule doesn’t work for us. Why wait around until 5PM for an end of day ride when we have the whole day available? Might as well be out with the best weather conditions.
And, I’m sorry to say that you’re wrong, AGAIN. Rachael is extra-competitive of course, but that’s not what’s going on here. She’s just a tad OCD, to offer my 10 cent home diagnosis, and it’s about calories. Somewhere she read once that 14 miles of bicycling burns off 400 calories, and she’s striving for a 1,200 calorie burn rate. Which just punts the question of course, because what’s so special about precisely 1,200 calories either?
So, did you join the John Day Cycling Cub? Or maybe the Lonely Hearts Club Band.
I have a theory about Rocky's quest for 42 miles. Most people would should shoot for 40 miles, but Rocky's competitiveness pushes her on to that extra two miles. Am I wrong?
You're probably the most interesting set of humans these bovines have ever seen!
4 years agoGood point. I think I’ll promote it and see how it looks.
4 years agoNow that's a nice name for today's route!
Especially with this most excellent cover photo.
The shape of the route? I like Praying Mantis, but may be a stretch.
Downward Antlered Dog might could work, but it has the word "dog" in it.
How about Antenna Push-up?
Or Haphazard Water Skipper?
Sorry, Ron. You should pay more attention to your better half.
4 years agoRight behind you.
4 years agoHope so. I have to be careful now though - she’s armed with pepper spray.
4 years agoYum! Great way to end the ride.
4 years agoHey! She looks familiar .. and friendly!
4 years agoYeah, I remember finding some samples in my uncle's old stuff at my grandmother's house when I was less than 10 and was fascinated! Over and over again, I encountered it in jr hi science class, in piles of rocks a rockhound we knew had outside his house (his crystals were huge!), in college geology class, in museums and who knows where else. Then in the early 70s I lived about 30 miles from Galena, IL, but never saw any there.
4 years agoI knew you’d know. I’ve known since childhood myself - my mineral and ore sample kit included a small fragment of galena ore.
4 years agoExtra points for cubic crystals? :-)
Shiny and brittle too.
Dendritic?
4 years ago