Archive for May, 2009

Braving the Heat

Posted: 27th May 2009 by pearl in Day Rides
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Twitter It!My last post was prophetic. Some days it’s too hot to ride – but we ride anyway.
Thunderstorms looming, the mercury fast approaching 95°F, but longing for a ride away from city traffic, we decided to ride down to Islamorada. It’s only about 200 miles round trip, but provides enough long stretches without traffic lights [...]

Too Hot to Ride?

Posted: 24th May 2009 by pearl in Just for Fun
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Twitter It!The temperatures soar
It’s too hot to play
So the bikes stay inside
All those hot, hot miserable days.
South Florida living has it’s advantages for riding. The warm temperatures and sunny skies provide easy riding conditions most of the year. And then comes summer. I like to think that we’re just upside down here – we summer [...]

Twitter It!Last weekend Pearl had her first trip on a trailer. (We don’t count the time she had a completely flat tire and couldn’t make it home on her own two wheels.) Sullen after driving the short distance up onto the trailer, her mood brightened a little when she learned that we were headed north [...]