Riding in a Winter Wonderland

 I got up this morning and realized Amanda had left for work and forgot part of her lunch... 

So I rode to campus to drop it off for her. 

It was the first ride out on the fat bikes and a good distance. 

Enough to get a bit of exercise, but not so far that if anything were mechanically wrong with them that I'd be stranded and walking hours to get home. 

I have a bunch of errands to run tomorrow which will take me much further afield and it was a good opportunity to see if the bikes needed any work. 

lots of bikes locked up all over campus being snowed on. 

door nearest Amanda's office... 

As it turns out, the Big Fat Dummy needs work (I mean the bike, not me. Although, I arguably probably need some work as well...)

So it was good to get out and ride it. 

Now I know to take the other bike for errands tomorrow...  

The Salsa is Back

I finally sort out othe bottom bracket issues the Sasla was having and have been riding it again for the last week or so. 

Here are a few pictures I took to post in one of my favourite Facebook groups "Look At My Bike Leaning Against Stuff"...

The group is just people posting pictures of their bike... usually leaning against something. 

The photos are supposed to be devoid of any people, but some people don't bother to read the rules (or maybe they just don't follow them...?) 

There's also a "no politics" rule that's fairly strictly enforced. 

It's migration time and large flocks of Sandhill Cranes have been passing through this past week. 

Flocks in every field. Sometimes hundreds of them! 

People have posted pictures in birding groups, reporting that they've seen Whooping Cranes amongst them. I've yet to see one, though... 

Also, it's been smokey... but not nearly so bad as earlier in the summer when we had The AQHI (Air Quality Health Index) above 10 (Very High Risk) for weeks on end! 

Also I recently spotted an osprey. I'd never seen one before a few years ago. Now I seem to spot at least one every year. 

Not Dead Yet