Rich, but I ain't so rich I won't take a job cleaning a stable now and then. Before I digress.
Yesterday
good tracking
good budget
Bad exercise, unless you count going to Walmart or doing dishes. Heh, I didn't think so.

But hey, I made up for it today. Climbing for like 2300 feet. Calories from Mr Garmin 1550. That nearly doubles what I can eat. Careful now. Those are measured calories.

It was kind of cold. The creek is starting to freeze. There are getting to be little icicle like ice structures by where water cascades. Hands were cold for a while. I think I might get some hand warmers at Walmart.

Who did I see? Oh, Mrs Deer. I hate to say it but she is habituated to me. She will look me straight in the eye as I approach her to within 20 feet or so. Then she just ambles down the bank a little bit. I didn't see her two friends. I fear the worst for them.

I seen a couple of trail runners. These two, the man was wearing running shorts. Yeah, you know the kind I mean. He wasn't too far from breaking out into the sunshine but he was coming up through the "tunnel." He was definitely a shade of blue. His wife or spouse was dressed right. I seen these guys right at the start of the 13%. They were going up. I was coming down.

Today I climbed that stretch at 3.7 mph. I wonder what those guys were doing. I almost wanted to turn around and pace them for a few hundred yards. They weren't really running right there. I think their pace could be described as strong walk. Heh, 13% is the great equalizer. I bet those two were out for a fifteen mile jaunt.

Wearing my windbreaker but it is still kind of a cold descent. I stop in the sun plenty.

Get to the bottom, putting my bike on the roof, I see a guy coming up on a brand new mountain bike. He gots all new spandex clothes too. But I think his timing is better than mine. He is going in when it is warm. I am coming out. I think I am going to give up on my crack of dawn idea.


But it is going to snow tomorrow, so minimal exercise, I have to be careful. But on Wednesday My wife and I are going to go ski on that snow. That counts as exercise in my book.

Cheers

@bocasdelbob & @RangerRickL - Beautiful pictures! I totally consider Walmart shopping a workout. It exhausts me! Same to @am_change - walking with Mother-in-law is still a walk... I'm just saying. As for me:

Exercise: Yes - 1200 meters (40ish minutes) swimming*
Tracking: Yes (but I had a bunch leftover. I went over it twice, but did I miss something?)
Calories: Yes, too good maybe.

*and I checked out Yoga with Adriene, as recommended by @MiamiSeoul & @fearlessinmy3rdact. Terrific!