Bear Creek

What a difference a week makes. Last weekend we were out playing with the results of yet another snowfall. This week, the TV weather forecast called for a huge snowstorm on Friday, but it never materialized, at least not here in our area. They say it "wiggled by to the South." Instead, we've got a delightful weekend to enjoy.

This is so cool: Google recently introduced their "My Maps" feature, and I used it to capture the route of our regular Thursday afternoon Lee Gulch bike ride, an 18 mile loop. What makes this cooler than just posting a map image, is that you can zoom in and pan around on the map, and switch to satellite view to see all the geographical features. Fun!

I went on a bike ride on Sunday morning. This route was new to me - out to Bear Creek Dam and back, 33 miles round trip. This panorama picture is from on top of the dam - it's very wide, so you may have to do some scrolling to see it all. I find it truly amazing that, not unlike when flying somewhere, there was a headwind going both ways.