To Ride or Not to Ride

Ok. This morning it was cold and foggy around 8 am with the weatherman saying it was going to rain about noon. Well, then the sun started to come out and there were only a few clouds in the sky. Perhaps I could get a ride in, but it would have to be short and I'd need to stay close by. So I started out on the back roads and the farther I got the better the weather seemed to be. So I kept going to Port Gamble and the turned back toward home. I took the old Port Gamble Road back which has some nasty 15%-17% grades along the way.  I dropped to my "hill climbing" gear (some call it a "granny gear") and never had to stop. Guess it would be a "grandpa gear" for me.

Got about 27 miles in and 1,700 ft of elevation gain. Here are the the stats and a picture of the Trek 520: (Click to enlarge)

The Truck 520