Scarlett is the one best equipped to let me deal with cold weather riding so she got to go out in the pre-dawn hour to see what we could see. The battery however, is not holding a charge very well unless once keeps her on a charger. It's less than three years old but I guess I am hard on batteries.
Still, she was OK once I jump-started her and we headed off into the lightening gray skies covering the Metro Denver area.
I also need to, it seems, replace the pusher tire as I was not getting good traction with the rubber that remains on it. I had to engage 2WD to get out of the cul-de-sac and actually left it engaged through the entire ride!
Stayed close to home due to the battery issue, temperature was -2°F (-18.8°C) as we started the ride and it was rise to perhaps 1°F (-17.2°C) an hour later when I returned home.
A view of the cul-de-sac, the untouched snow a blank canvas...
Trees at the local high school where Martha used to work....
A couple of shots of the tree lined street near yet another local high school
A view of the Mormon Stakehouse across the street from Eaglecrest H.S.
All wheels nicely packed with the fresh snow....
I'd mentioned the cul-de-sac was a blank canvas?
Hopefully you can the the markings left by Scarlett as she headed out
and came back in, doing a few donuts in the snow of course.
ScooterBob let me know, as I was putting Scarlett back on the charger
that he wanted to go out once last time while here in Colorado.
Scarlett and I, this time with ScooterBob in the trunk, left shortly before Noon to take my oldest son Patrick to work at the local Sprouts grocery store.
As we were out, and the sun was out, it was time to visit the somewhat nearby ranching neighborhood to see what we could see.
There wasn't as much snow in this area as in my neighborhood, but we made do:
ScooterBob declared his satisfaction with the snow conditions, and then said it was now OK to leave the sub-freezing 3°F (-16°C) temperatures and go back home.
Roads remained snow-packed but the sun was already working on clearing some spots. Cagers of course were in their usual rush to get somewhere; which made the last couple of miles of riding interesting but with no incidents.
Shortly before sunset, we all headed out one more time, this time to catch the sunset and to pick up Patrick from his job at 5:00PM.
We decided to head down to the tower located in the Tuscany neighborhood down the road from our own neighborhood.
The tower is purely decorative, my guess it's supposed to evoke
thoughts of Tuscany, Italy's architecture style.
It was 0°F (-17.7°C) when Patrick finally clocked out and we four headed home in the darkness. Scarlett convinced me do do a couple of donuts in the cul-de-sac, both surprising Patrick and hopefully amusing my next door neighbor who was out there shoveling his driveway in the dark.
ScooterBob will be packed up tomorrow, along with all his belongings, and shipped all the way to Fairbanks, Alaska. The idea is for him to experience some "really cold" weather while being hosted by RichardM. Richard being a fellow Ural/Beemer rider who has real experience in riding in extreme cold weather, ScooterBob will have so much fun..... ;)
12 comments:
Love this post Dom.
Glad you liked it VStar Lady....
And to think the Weather Guessers here are all flustered because it is down all the way to 37. I should feel bad for not riding for the last few days because it was cold. You and Richard are the MEN! Love the snow pictures of the rig.
Nice pictures as always Dom!
AZ AD, 37F would be a heat wave around here right now....I think it's 12F as I type this. Thanks for reading this stuff.
Don, thanks very much.
Three rides in one day, in those temperatures? You rock Dom!
A fitting goodbye to Colorado for ScooterBob.
And great pictures too. The snow pictures are always so pretty.
Thanks Trobairitz, it was cold but not bad with the sun out.
What an adventure. It is cold here in NE Texas (19 this morning), but no pretty snow.
Great photos, again.
Thanks Thomas Osburn....19F is cold for Texas!
looks mighty cold there
the 1st pic looks so serene with no marks /tracks in the snow
great pics
Cold and lovely, but a Tuscany-esque tower should have warmth and sunshine. You're having too much fun with those donuts aren't you :)
Dunc, thanks for the kind words, it has warmed up quite considerably here now....
Kari, the donuts are kind of fun...managed to surprise both Patrick, my oldest son and Martha with some donuts....big smiles all around.
Post a Comment