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12-31-2012, 10:00 AM
The sandwich being ride on the last day, ride on the first day. Doesn’t happen all the time here. Lots of years too cold, too much snow. Thought that was going to be the case this year but then the snow went and melted under an onslaught of rain and warmth. Rolled out the bike this afternoon for a quick out and back on the plateau. Out to the Col de Marcieu and back. No idea how many times I’ve ridden it over the years. A lot. Never tire of it.
Temp colder than a couple days ago when I rode Col de Cochette. Posted pics from that ride. But not much colder. Today I wore gloves. Didn’t on Cochette. Took the camera along again. Some shots as evidence that on 31 December 012, I rode my bike. Sweet. Sandwich to be completed tomorrow. Hopefully.
Some shots from the ride for no reason at all. First one taken a couple hundred meters from my house, Mont Blanc in the distance. Shot Mont Blanc a few times along the way. I like being able to see that summit. One of those idiosyncrasies. Actually the Italian side of the mountain is what I see. The summit is french. Back when France was the muscle they got to draw the frontier. They bent it around the summit to keep it to themselves. I doubt the mountain cares.
In the last shot you can see the summit of the big tram at Alpe d’Huez. Barely of course. Don’t have a long enough lens for more. It’s on the summit in the far background just about in the middle of the shot. Consider that like one of those pilot announcements telling the tiny percentage of passengers with a window what’s below.
Temp colder than a couple days ago when I rode Col de Cochette. Posted pics from that ride. But not much colder. Today I wore gloves. Didn’t on Cochette. Took the camera along again. Some shots as evidence that on 31 December 012, I rode my bike. Sweet. Sandwich to be completed tomorrow. Hopefully.
Some shots from the ride for no reason at all. First one taken a couple hundred meters from my house, Mont Blanc in the distance. Shot Mont Blanc a few times along the way. I like being able to see that summit. One of those idiosyncrasies. Actually the Italian side of the mountain is what I see. The summit is french. Back when France was the muscle they got to draw the frontier. They bent it around the summit to keep it to themselves. I doubt the mountain cares.
In the last shot you can see the summit of the big tram at Alpe d’Huez. Barely of course. Don’t have a long enough lens for more. It’s on the summit in the far background just about in the middle of the shot. Consider that like one of those pilot announcements telling the tiny percentage of passengers with a window what’s below.