It was a south wind so I headed over to the river again. It was pretty much the same as many other rides over there. Except that today is Veteran's Day so there were a few more riders out there that I haven't seen for a while.
In particular there was one quite strong young man on a nice Cervelo who let me wheelsuck behind him for a bit and who then waited at the turnaround point for a pleasant bit of conversation before he continued on along on his intended route.
Turnaround was at the overlook above the confluence of the Misssissippi and the Minnesota.
According to the plaque there, T. S. Eliot asked "At what point in the river's course does the Mississippi become what the Mississippi means?". The plaque answers that this is the spot.Here's another view down into the gorge showing the sun glistening off the waters of the river, another really nice October day in November.
It was not warm enough and it was windy, this makes for hard work riding. But I felt pretty good and it was a good ride.Noon+:45 EG55 CB51 WG59
Noon+2:30 EG55 CB53 WG60
Is anybody else as fascinated with this data collection as I clearly am? It's OK, I didn't think so.
5 comments:
Reusing material is well within the blogging parameters.
Cervelo rider anybody you knew?
Was Jimi down the bank from where you turned around?
Nope, I was at Como looking for ducks. TT
Will there be temperature related histograms any time this month? Talk to your data guy...
jilrubia
The Cervelo rider was indeed a familiar face - Andy sent me a text about it after the fact. I'm glad it made the blog. Apparently he recognized the Look before anything else. :-)
I like the temperature data. You could even make some sort of graph or chart or something. That'd be fun.
I like the long shadows in the last photo. The lighting this time of year is interesting.
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