the grass is dead!

"ding, dong, the wicked grass is dead!" sorry, but i had to celebrate the first hard freeze of the year. no more mowing till spring. yippee!

it was 28 degrees when i got up at 5:30 this morning. 28 degrees when i went out on my first 14-miler. i layered up and stayed fairly warm. my right thumb got a bit painful by the end of the ride, but, hey, who needs a right thumb anyway? it was still 28 degrees when i got back.

it was 29 degrees when i went out after breakfast for the second part of this ride. for almost 12 miles, i stayed toasty and warm under double and triple layers. my right thumb which was barely hanging in there on the first ride was just beginning to throb a bit when i pulled into the driveway. it was 27 degrees when i checked the thermometer again. it's back up to 29 now. by mid-afternoon it's supposed to be in the mid to upper fifties! my right thumb will be happy as a clam. (25.96 miles @ 15.1mph)