Winter and spring training is iffy at best. I hate using my indoor trainer so it is a good thing that my fat-bike gets me out and riding on snow packed paths. Spring rains turn those paths to mud but on a frosty morning I can still get in a ride. Once the snow is mostly gone I can alternate between fat, mountain and road bikes depending upon weather and road conditions. However, the week leading up to departure was wet. Very wet!
Tuesday the rains let up and the sun came out just long enough for me to gather up my faithful riding companion, Rascal for one last ride on some mountain trails. The sunshine was short in duration and rain began to fall as I started down the mountain. Turns out, getting wet with rain was not that bad so I decided to do for myself what mother nature had missed by getting a soaker at a stream crossing. While I cross this stream frequently throughout the year, the spring freshet must have moved some rocks around and left one big one in just the right place to stop my bike cold in the middle of the ice cold water. Luckily the sun returned a short time later and I was able to finish the ride without hypothermia setting in.
Tomorrow I head for my overnight airport hotel and an early fist leg on my flights to South Korea. Seoul long for now. (I promise, that’s the last time for that.)