No wait, come back! Â There is a reason that I rode to Tracy. Â I’m training for doing long-distance again (where “long-distance” is more like 200 miles a day, not like cross-country or anything); therefore, this winter my Tuesday rides are “how far can I get, have lunch, and be back by 4pm or so?”.
A GPS makes breakfast better:
Oops, I didn’t realize my part 1 of Mom Motorcycling thoughts was 2 months ago already. Â Time flies!
As I mentioned last time, there are two categories of “riding while being a mom†that take more prep work than you’d think.  Time to talk about the logistical/physical part.  Disclaimer: any “clever” comments about the breastfeeding section will be summarily deleted.
Happy 2013, everyone! Â It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already since I did this look back at New Years past…it’s been quite a year.
I got a very short ride in today — nothing spectacular as it’s super cold out by Bay Area standards (about 45F) and nothing was really jumping out at me as a perfect destination. Â So Peter drove Kira to lunch and I met them there, then I took the long way home while they went to the grocery store. Â Behold my exciting life. Â But hey, it’s riding!
2013 starting mileage:
Riding along Crystal Springs Reservoir:
Here’s to another great year — and I actually have some riding ideas for 2013! Â I’d like to drag the family camping at least once, and I’m really really really hoping to make it to the Sport-Touring.net West Coast Regional Meet in June. Â Fingers crossed!
Oh hi! Â So I have this blog, right, and sometimes I update it. Â Usually not though, apparently.
Actually, my excuse is that I’ve had to do responsible adult things over the past few Tuesdays. Â Boorrring. Â But this week I managed to Do All The Things on Monday so that I would have a few hours to ride yesterday. Â Huzzah!
I really needed a “clear the head” ride (as opposed to a “see interesting things” or “visit interesting places” or “take interesting pictures” ride), so my agenda was simply to ride to the coast, head south on Highway 1 for an hour, eat lunch, then head back north in time  for a haircut appointment at 2:30pm.
Fog over the Santa Cruz mountains
This weekend was the annual motorcycle show, so we dragged Kira along.
I was surprised by how many babies I saw at the show (I’d never really paid attention before) and I was glad to see that we did not have the most ginormous, in-the-way, running-people-over stroller. Â I felt bad for the dad with twins pushing a huge double side-by-side BOB stroller around the event center; he needed that beeping “get out of the way!” alarm that they have on airport people-movers.
We made it all of five feet into the event center before we spent money on Kira.
I don’t know if vendors get to choose their location but, if so, this guy was BRILLIANT. Â It’s the first booth you see when walking into the event, and parents are probably happy with their still-well-behaved children and are feeling benevolent towards them.
