Kristine had errands to run in Rice Lake (about 20 miles away), and we wanted to take the kids ice skating – so we worked it out for me to bike down there on some nice backroads for a good 32 mile ride. It was COLD. The air temps were in the lower teens, but the wind was just unbelievable. I only had Kristine’s iphone with me to take these pictures, otherwise I would have taken video of the snow blowing across the road at 20mph. Check out the pics!
Mountain Biking Adventure
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Here’s the annotated topocreator route. |
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Lots of long straight flat icy snowy roads – the challenge is finding a smooth line and riding as fast as you can without falling |
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Some curvy roads too |
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Some very icy roads – this is the stuff you want to avoid |
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A huge snow plow |
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The view from the high point of the ride |
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Blowing snow – the windchill was incredible. There was one part of the ride where the wind was blowing hard from the side and being funneled right into my eye by my sunglasses. I had to turn to look into the wind because my eyeball felt like it was starting to freeze! |
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Snow drifts |
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Rice Lake – the cool thing about this picture is the island with a picnic table only in the winter (or by boat in the summer) |
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Ski-do anyone? |
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My mountain bike at the ice rink |
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An icy version of me at the ice rink. |
Wind skiing
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This was awesome to watch. Unfortunately my batteries died right before this guy took off … literally. He got going very fast and then jumped at least 8 feet in the air with the windsail taking him up and setting him back down. I got a new set of batteries in just in time for him to make it back. How cool!!!
Ice Skating Princesses
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My favorite picture of Analise and Kristine, the ice princesses |
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