Errandonnee - valley ride

For my second night ride, I rode before sunrise rather than at night. The lighting is the same as what I used before. Since don't ride in the dark regularly, I just swap between bikes.

 Mount Haggin - elevation 10, 607 feet

I've been padding my rides to reach 30 miles, and I've been wanting to ride through the valley for a long time so this was a perfect opportunity. Today I saw a red fox, mule deer, several magpie, raven, and heard some birds I couldn't identify. I saw a lot of cows, horses, and dogs too. Although we do have black bear and grizzly bear, then tend to stay in heavily wooded areas so I don't worry too much about bicycling in to a bear.

My biggest challenges with rural, winter, mountain riding are:

• aggressive dogs running loose, only one chased me today (for about half a mile), but it seemed friendly (I carry pepper spray, just in case)
• my water bottle froze shut, when I wrenched it open I saw the water was turning to ice
• rough roads (winter is really hard on road surfaces)
• keeping my toes warm
• wind

Dough House Bakery - elevation 5335 feet

Completed

Errands: Breakfast

Mileage: 11.6 miles

1 night ride

To Go - 1 day

Errands: 1 remaining

Mileage: 3.71 miles