Went for a ride up to the highwood pass on saturday. Man, it was cold up there. Seriously. It was about -5 in the sun, and going 120 or so apparently the windchill is in the neighbourhood of -20 or so (like the air temp feels like -20 on a calm day). Yeah, it was cold. When I got home I hopped in the shower for like 45 minutes, and was still chilly for about half an hour. I think I was verging on stage one hypothermia. That's when your core drops just a bit, and you stop shivering... it's supposed to be the warning sign that if you don't warm up soon you will be in trouble. Anyway, whining aside, it ended up being an amazing and beautiful ride. The snow was right up to the road, and it was sunny out. The Larches still had the yellow going on too. It was really something else, I've never seen it so beautiful up there, and whizzing through on the highway, with the sharp wind and nothing to block the view was just incredible... it really feels like it was a defining experience. I mean, where else in the world can you ride at 2206m above sea level, in effectively the winter, with fall colours... man, so amazing.
Also, crazy excited, I'm getting my Digital Rebel XT. I got a smokin deal on it... $1k for a brand new, in the box with warranty through a local camera shop that does some sales on ebay, so no shipping or exchange either. I can't wait. I fully plan for it to be the last camera I buy for a long time... if ever. The CMOS is actually higher quality than iso 400 colour film!
Man, now I'm all excited again... I guess no sleep for Ryan!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment