BRRRRR!

[mckitterick]

I'm only now beginning to warm up a little. At first glance, a temp of 18F doesn't seem that cold, but riding 30mph on a scooter through such a temp makes one freeze to death! Holy schmoly, it's cold. And my dumb helmet face-shield was fogging over, because my helmet is old and crappy and needs to be replaced, so I had to open it enough to increase airflow over the exposed skin of my face in order to see the road ahead. Holy Jesus and Mary, save me from this Ninth Level! I should mention that I only had to ride about two miles home from the KU carpool place (after dropping off Nate; it's cool that we both teach at Edwards on Mondays), but it felt like riding through a thousand miles of frozen wasteland, blind, in the dark.

On the other hand, the Crossfire would have spun out on the ice.

Woof.

Chris

Comments

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I just shivered from simply thinking about it again.

Must wear a warmer coat next week. And long-johns.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

You also need to have a scarf and a face-mask knitted hat. Anything but exposing skin to artificial wind-chill!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Well, I did wear my fake-turtleneck-thingy made just for such occasions, which saved my neck. But a face-mask would be good. My forehead positively ached by half-way home.

No way I'm taking off the helmet to wear a hat, not with roads in this condition!

[(Anonymous)]

Well that is why the stocking cap -- you don't have much hair, so a stocking cap should go under the helmet just fine.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Sorry -- LJ logs me out at random.