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About a year ago, my work hours changed. I'd worked from 8 to whatever forever, and now I was looking at 7 to whatever. Not happy about getting up an hour earlier, I tried to find the bright side and realized that I might be able to get a ride in after work during Standard Time. Not a bad trade-off that resulted in an increase of of about 1500 miles a year.
Here in the desert, the typical winter afternoon temperature can be about 50 degrees. Not the same 50 as a sunny winter morning, but certainly not uncomfortable. It gets pretty bone-chilling as the sun sinks below the mesa (I live and ride down in the Rio Grande valley) but 15-20 miles is almost always possible. Plus, what could be a better brain-drainer after a day of work.
This first pic is the sign as you enter my village. We have a police force known for its "speed management." We're also "animal friendly" meaning lots of cows, horses, chickens, pigs, goats and sheep. Very typical for someone to move out here from Albuquerque and buy the "farm kit." We are also home to a lot of Coyotes, which having developed a taste for Llasa Apsos and Shi-tzus, are becoming less and less liked by the urban-turned-suburban gentlemen farmers.
Here in the desert, the typical winter afternoon temperature can be about 50 degrees. Not the same 50 as a sunny winter morning, but certainly not uncomfortable. It gets pretty bone-chilling as the sun sinks below the mesa (I live and ride down in the Rio Grande valley) but 15-20 miles is almost always possible. Plus, what could be a better brain-drainer after a day of work.
This first pic is the sign as you enter my village. We have a police force known for its "speed management." We're also "animal friendly" meaning lots of cows, horses, chickens, pigs, goats and sheep. Very typical for someone to move out here from Albuquerque and buy the "farm kit." We are also home to a lot of Coyotes, which having developed a taste for Llasa Apsos and Shi-tzus, are becoming less and less liked by the urban-turned-suburban gentlemen farmers.