
River Mountain Loop Trail (RMLT)
Friday, 6 April 2018
Friday, 21 July 2017
Don't give up!
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
I got on the trail this morning at mile marker 6.5 near Ithaca. There, a tall lady wearing a pink bikini top and running shorts was standing with a clear plastic bottle of water. Her hair was cut very short, like a military buzz cut, and had a metal shopping cart with supplies. Vegas definitely has its share of crazies. You could classify her in the marching to a different drummer category. I imagined what emotional cataclysm had resulted in her choice.
The day brought relief with clouds sheltering us at 35C (95F). I rode counter-clockwise into a stiff southeasterly wind. Up the hill once more, I shifted to the lowest granny gear. I made it with some difficulty and a big sense of accomplishment.
At the top of the hill is the junction to powerline road which is a rocky dirt road that leads toward Lake Mead. It, however, dead ends at the mountains. The powerlines continue over the ridges. At the junction is also a water pumping station and a solar array. The collectors follow the Sun's arc -- at this time of day they were all facing east.
There is a rest area near mile marker 4, and available water.
The day brought relief with clouds sheltering us at 35C (95F). I rode counter-clockwise into a stiff southeasterly wind. Up the hill once more, I shifted to the lowest granny gear. I made it with some difficulty and a big sense of accomplishment.
At the top of the hill is the junction to powerline road which is a rocky dirt road that leads toward Lake Mead. It, however, dead ends at the mountains. The powerlines continue over the ridges. At the junction is also a water pumping station and a solar array. The collectors follow the Sun's arc -- at this time of day they were all facing east.
There is a rest area near mile marker 4, and available water.
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Accident
Today I was bicycling my usual route over the local roads until I connect
up to the RMLT at the 6.5 milestone. It is predictable, so I have gotten complacent about stopping at the stop signs, and looking carefully at every turn, as I would in an urban setting. Today, my luck ran out. I should have stayed in bed as my wife asked me.
I made a right turn directly into the path of a large vehicle coasting downhill, probably over the speed limit. She had the right of way, I had a stop sign.
We were both negligent, she was over the limit, and I did not stop.
Consequently, my left wrist hurts, right hip, and my right knee, and elbow have road rash. Many of the signs have fallen off in this rural area.
I got back on my bike and rode home.
Moral of the story, is always expect a car to come from nowhere.
up to the RMLT at the 6.5 milestone. It is predictable, so I have gotten complacent about stopping at the stop signs, and looking carefully at every turn, as I would in an urban setting. Today, my luck ran out. I should have stayed in bed as my wife asked me.
I made a right turn directly into the path of a large vehicle coasting downhill, probably over the speed limit. She had the right of way, I had a stop sign.
We were both negligent, she was over the limit, and I did not stop.
Consequently, my left wrist hurts, right hip, and my right knee, and elbow have road rash. Many of the signs have fallen off in this rural area.
I got back on my bike and rode home.
Moral of the story, is always expect a car to come from nowhere.
Thursday, 29 December 2016
In ubuntu (or perhaps more generally in linux), I have found an unpleasant condition when the mouse or the keyboard contends for direction of the cursor in an emacs window. I think it happens when I go meta with the control key. I found a nice package that I put in my .emacs file which seems to ameliorate this -- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/purcell/disable-mouse/master/disable-mouse.el
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Monday, 19 September 2016
interbike is in town. I found this map amusing -- check out the trail names!
http://www.interbike.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/8.pdf
RMLT passes Bootleg canyon past Railroad pass before Boulder City if riding counter-clockwise, and approaching Railroad pass ascending from Boulder City if riding clockwise. Be advised that the road/touring bike won't make the Darwin in these canyons.
So, I rode my ancient 27 inch Fuji to Bootleg Canyon and caught some sights.
http://www.interbike.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/8.pdf
RMLT passes Bootleg canyon past Railroad pass before Boulder City if riding counter-clockwise, and approaching Railroad pass ascending from Boulder City if riding clockwise. Be advised that the road/touring bike won't make the Darwin in these canyons.
So, I rode my ancient 27 inch Fuji to Bootleg Canyon and caught some sights.
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