I can ride when it is cold, here is part of the report originally published on November 17, 2007. That was a Saturday and I still had a job.
"With 8-12 mph winds from the NNE I headed off towards the northeast, towards Lake Vadnais. Once again I discovered that the park is still open but today for the first time ever I was the only person there. Two or three cars drove through during the time I was off the bike at the picnic area but I was the only human being actually out in the cold. I have been to Vadnais many, many times. Today is the first time I was there alone.
I was the only person there and here is what everyone else missed:
There were some big white birds swimming in the middle of the lake so I tried to get a picture of them.
I was having a little difficulty making a positive identification. I thought I knew what they were but I just was not sure. I hoped that they would swim a little closer so I could get a better picture and eventually they did. Even then I wasn't sure, if they were what I thought they were they are a species only very rarely seen by me in the wild. I just wasn't positive but I came home and Googled the species that I suspected and there just is not any doubt.Swans. Swans don't come to town very often.
Eventually I gave up hope of anyone else coming along to share the experience and started on home. It was a little warmer with the wind behind but the sun made only occasional brief appearances and it never got very warm. The Rice Street A&W has a sign saying closed for the season and a thermometer across the street saying 39."That's all I am going to have for today unless and until that water on the front step comes through.
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With the agitation from the movement of the bike and all, it would take a very long time for water to freeze in your water bottle, I think.
I didn't ride either. Too cold.
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