Ride #64, 91 miles.
I rode up to Llano again. I discovered an old hotel up there next to the old train station museum that I wanted to get a picture of, but there were too many cars. I'll have to catch it mid-week some time. I'm interested in what they might have at the train station museum. It looks like Llano might have been the end of line. I don't think this line is still active, but there's an engine and an old passenger car on the track, like they might give rides. I can't find any info online. There's a similar train in Dallas/Fort Worth that does that. I've ridden it before. There's also one in Durango, CO that I've also ridden.
I stopped at the river park again and had lunch. Today I walked down to the river and snapped a few pics. Lots of granite! I don't know the story of the little bench or the stone structure. The bench looks purposeful, like an artist may have built it, but the structure looks like something teenagers might have built. There is lots of rock stacking going on down there. Probably not much to do for the young folks in a small town like that. Stacking rocks with your friends on a Friday night might be a thing.
Budman, your no ride days are the too hot ones, right?
Not freezy cold 5 months winter plus a few cold days/weeks more as here in the north.
I'll rode all summer, just made sure I was home by noon. 105F in the afternoons is a little too warm for me.
The cold months are December through February. It will get well below freezing during these months, but it is also not unusual to see days with temps in the 70' or even 80's. I had four rides in January and five rides in February this year, and two rides in December last year.
The really hot months are July, August and September. My lowest ride month this year was in May with only one ride. It was probably raining a lot and I remember I had also gone out of town.