Hello !!!!
Moving back to Massachusetts has been really very strange, actually. I spent the first month freezing to death, but now it seems like I'm less bundled up than other people, so perhaps I'm acclimating back to the colder climate already.
I had to join a gym. Its too cold to get reliable exercise outside up here. I haven't unpacked my road bike yet, even. But we did buy Ken a snowboard
You know how that saying goes 'you can never go back' ? well- its true. you can't
but thats ok.
so biking here has been reserved for the recumbant stationary bike at the gym. but its kind of nice to have an off season, where we can focus on being cozy
In the spring, though- watch out! all the windy country roads out here (we live in central mass, now- before we lived in the more densely populated eastern mass) are incredible. we can weave our way just about anywhere, it seems, without having to deal with any bad roads or real traffic. we'll be able to bike out the door- you know- when we're not remodelling something
one of our goals is to ride up Wachusett Mountain (where we snowboard in the winter)- there is a road that goes up it. Ken tried to do that once before, but misjudged the distance from our old house to the Mtn- and ended up riding 50 miles or so just to get to the base of it- he ended up NOT ascending it that day.
Wachusett Mountain is a little mountain, just about 2000 feet tall, but its a good starting goal for us, I think.
I wont bore you all with irrelevant details- just wanted to let you know we made it safe (the dogs love their acre of freedom to run) & that its mighty cold here at times. We had a week or so of zero degree nights just before christmas. And the snow - for now- is nice to watch.