Woke up for an early morning ride with my wife. It was noticeably colder today. In the lower 30's. It was a good test for the winter riding gear. Everything felt good except the hands. By the end of the ride they were again completely frozen. I'll have to find better gloves. The ones I have work great but not for anything colder than the 40-50 degree range.

We rode up above Herriman Lake, if you can call it a lake, (Really it's just a small, man-made pond) up to where the roads end in the foothills, then down, and up again to Rose Canyon and back. Not a long ride, just about 16 miles but it does have a bit of climbing. I think as the weather gets colder and colder we'll have to shorten the length of our rides in the morning. This one seems like a pretty good distance for the future. Besides, I hope to get regular rides in during lunches.

Here is the view from above Herriman Pond or whatever you want to call it.

As you can see, (or maybe better, "can't see") it's dark up there.