My dead battery came back! It took about 36 hours on the Battery Tender Jr, but yesterday morning, it had a charge. That let me ride home from Rocky Ford today.
When I'd driven down on Saturday evening, I'd been on ice for about 60 miles around Limon, then on dry roads south of Punkin Center, and then in snow the rest of the way to US-50. The road was a mess, with snow on top of ice. The 180 mile drive isn't too bad when I'm doing my usual 72mph, but at 40-45 it turns into a long trip.
I waited till I finished some things in Rocky Ford and got on the road a bit after three. In Rocky Ford, it was 54 and the wind was blowing at about 10-15mph. But north of Ordway, the wind picked up (surprise!!). It got stronger until by Limon it was blowing at 40-45 out of the south. That gave me the interesting experience of seeing my instant inaccurate mileage indicator showing 70-75mpg at 72 mph.
Since my batter had died, the AVG MPG was about the highest I've seen it for awhile at 59mpg.
When I got home, I learned I have a meeting in Brighton (about 65 miles away at 9AM on Thursday morning. That makes me wish I'd driven the car home. It's supposed to be cold and wet Thursday and I've turned into a wimp.
When I'd driven down on Saturday evening, I'd been on ice for about 60 miles around Limon, then on dry roads south of Punkin Center, and then in snow the rest of the way to US-50. The road was a mess, with snow on top of ice. The 180 mile drive isn't too bad when I'm doing my usual 72mph, but at 40-45 it turns into a long trip.
I waited till I finished some things in Rocky Ford and got on the road a bit after three. In Rocky Ford, it was 54 and the wind was blowing at about 10-15mph. But north of Ordway, the wind picked up (surprise!!). It got stronger until by Limon it was blowing at 40-45 out of the south. That gave me the interesting experience of seeing my instant inaccurate mileage indicator showing 70-75mpg at 72 mph.
Since my batter had died, the AVG MPG was about the highest I've seen it for awhile at 59mpg.
When I got home, I learned I have a meeting in Brighton (about 65 miles away at 9AM on Thursday morning. That makes me wish I'd driven the car home. It's supposed to be cold and wet Thursday and I've turned into a wimp.
