rjones28 

Pulled the lawn mower out of hibernation today. Shouldn't need a snow shovel again until November.

LAJ

I saw these today.

Mojo31

Well, I learned a thing today. Since getting the PM for the Domane, I could not get power data on my Garmin. I had a power sensor connected, but whatever I did the thing would not calibrate or report ride data. Then, had a “Duh, dumbass” moment when I found that the Garmin in the garage was pairing with the PM on the Kickr upstairs in the room over the garage. Unplugged that, paired the Stages, and away we go.

rjones28 

Haven't been tent camping in over 20 years. This was our setup for our last trip.

ls01

At first, then it gets easier, like anything else.

DougRNS

BITD when I lived in the lake effect NE Ohio snow belt, we frequently had 3 foot snow events in late April. They would melt quickly but still a PITA. I hope your supposition proves correct.

DougRNS

that's not Benson - Sherlock Holmes

rjones28 

Correct. That's Max.

MoAlpha

Brood X is going to be nuts here. Their little holes are everywhere.

WhyFi

Whenever I camped, I had roughly the same pattern: got through the first day on nothing but elation. Discontent at the lack of creature comforts would grow over the next couple of days, reaching its zenith on day 3 or so. After that, I'd settle in and really, really enjoy it, completely forgetting about whatever was going on "in real life." I never really looked forward to going home, but on the last day, I'd start thinking about it, "well, a hot shower would be awesome... and FOOD." My friends and I would go camping every year, and the first day back in civilization was always an act of overindulgence.

datlas 

It’s gonna be a noisy June.

Mojo31

The kids and I were involved in a program that involved a half dozen or more camping weekends every school year. We’d go the entire 3 days without bathing, and would come home smelling of smoke, fish, sweat, and everything else. My wife would meet us at the door, and make us leave all our clothes in the laundry room before we went any further in the house.

ls01

Had a lousy ride today. Got accused of halfweeling the "ride leader " today. We've always ridden next to each other. In a 2 up scenario. Today he says I've been half wheeling him since we left the parking lot. (4 miles or so) And he is "supposed to be in front of me". Now, If this is a rule , I've never heard of it before.and I've been riding with this guy for a long time.
"This is a recovery ride and if you don't like it you can go ride somewhere else". I literally was shocked. I've been riding with this guy for years. Normally I would have told him to intercourse himself. This is the guy I camp with on longer trips. The guy I room with on our annual trips to Kentucky. I thought maybe I'm over reacting, so I held my tongue. It didn't get any better. He went on for a bit more.
For someone to accuse me of half wheeling, they might as well of called me a piece of shi$.
later in the ride one of the other guys pipes up with a "when I was riding with these pro's down in Florida and I effed up....." like I just had a life lesson or something. It was absolutely surreal.
It was everything I could do to keep riding with them.
This isn't the first incident that he's been like this however it is the worst.

Lately it's like I can't put a foot right. I'm going about my business like normal, all of a sudden I'm the outsider.
I don't think I've changed or am doing things different.
I just don't get it.

LAJ

People are weird and they keep getting weirder.

seedsbelize 

Weather forecast for tomorrow is a high of 74F, a full 30 degrees colder than yesterday. 68 on Wednesday. Riding weather, if I survive the second injection.

big john

Birds? Today when I was in the hills there was a mockingbird and he started doing a quail call.

big john

That dude needs to get over himself. What a dick thing to say. If he didn't like the way you were riding he could have been a lot cooler about it.

datlas 

Periodical Cicadas. Big 17 year brood coming to the NE.

ls01

Sorry about bringing Cycling into the group but that was really bothering me. Thanks for listening guys.

Trsnrtr

We have snow forecast for tomorrow. We rarely need a shovel for April snows, thankfully.

Trsnrtr

Yep. Kickrs must have pretty good range. I have to keep mine unplugged when not in use because it interferes with stuff. It's the same in reverse. I have to put my phone in airplane mode when using the Kickr.

MoAlpha

Wow, I thought hack-level cycling was supposed to be fun. I get yelled at occasionally by our main honcho for stupid stuff, but no one else takes it up and there's been no unfriendliness or suggestion I don't belong. That kind of treatment would make me feel terrible.

Koyote

Well, I learned something today. Had to google "half wheeling." I've been doing group rides for a long time, and never had heard that one.

I've had that happen, where someone - a friend, even - just goes off like that, out-of-the-blue. You never know what's going on with a person, under the surface -- could be emotional, or it could even be physiological: I worked with a guy who would get volatile like that, and it turned out that he was an undiagnosed diabetic.

rjones28 

Oh we're still getting frost overnight, from time-to-time. And it has snowed on Mother's Day before, but the yard was getting shaggy.

MoAlpha

I haven't heard the expression much since my competitive days, but it is annoying. I've had arguments with people who think it means lapping wheels from behind. I ride with a younger, stronger, guy occasionally, who does it habitually. Sometimes I want to kill him.