Turkey Day Riding Extravaganza

Ok, little piffed I didn't actually take any pictures of the all the great rides we did over the Thankgiving vacation. Headed out for a quick ten miles on my own, last Wednesday, to warm up the legs. Managed to do a loop in around 41 minutes.  Chris-in-Law showed up with his bike, Dave-in-Law showed up an his Cross bike "Jake". Thanksgiving Day early, We headed out to Jamaica North heading South into the wind. Rode about 18 miles, before it was time to turn around and head off to dinner, of course, I'm going slower and slower, I trade bikes with Creepy to try out the Surly Fixie. He says "This Tire is Flat", Cripes. We change the tire (brought a spare for once). Heading back home, still can't keep up, second tube is going flat. Grrrrr, pump up tire, limp home. Take Tire apart and find staple in tread, just sticking out enough to slowly wear a hole in tube. The next day we headed out with Papa Jeff, Try to find away around Southwest High to get to trail, follow path, follow deer, hop fence, cross track, cross ditch, cross field. Find Trail. Head down the crushed rock trail again, till the Boys on point hear gunfire, so we turn around and race home before it gets any darker, not a big fan of the march to the Winter Solstice. Still another 19 miles under the patched tire, little easier on full tires....