Happy New Year!!
Kerry.. I hope you got your 4 wheeler started.
We have continued to be cold.. 20 something to 30 below come morning.. and getting up near zero... for our daily highs. [either side of zero.. I think we hit 2 today]
We had a great dinner and get together with friends New Years Eve.. a regular for us. This always gets done by 11:00 or so anyways.. we then head home to get ready and head out for our ride. For a few years now we have heade out for a bike ride. We make sure to get out a bit before Midnight... so that we are riding when the new year arrives. For years.. we have lucked out with decent weather. Well last year we had a bit of snow, but the temps were relatively mild. Not so this year... It a wee bit chilly. It was supposed to be rather windy.. thankfully that wasn't bad. We dressed and headed out riding up the road.. trying to "feel out".. how far we want to ride. We passed one of the snowmobile trails.. and it looked groomed really well.. so we tried that. The conditions were really pretty good. We were out for only about an hour. Laurie was starting to get a little cold.. or nervous about getting cold, and her bike was froze up.. so it would not shift. We did have plans to ride with Dick and Jane at 9:30.. so heading back home and to bed wasn't a horrible idea.
We had 18 below zero.. when we got back home. [real feel.. not counting the wind] This is the coldest we have ridden in a few years. It wan't horrible.
It was tough to get up this and get ready. I was looking forward to a nice trail ride this morning.. but I had tire problems. Early on I stopped to pump my rear tire. Then the front is too soft.. then the rear is getting soft again already. In the temps we had.. I didn't want to keep messing with it.. it was a hassle.. and not so safe in the conditions.
I let them continue.. and I turned back. Back at Dick's I used the floor pump to pump the tires fairly hard.. and worked to seat the bead etc.. and thought I would try his local trails.. and by the time I got back to his driveway.. they were low again. I did a few repeats of this.. before calling it quits.