Category: Coffee Ride

Wednesday Coffee

I managed to dodge the first real winter rain of the season this morning.  It my or may not start later today, but it sure looks like it, and there was rain on the horizon.  It was also the first real ride of the season where i needed to cover my knees, temps dipping into the 50’s, yes I know the horrors of living in Southern California.  The extra bonus was leaving my filter cone at home, getting to improvise, and guess what….it was all still way better than OK.

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Raising the Bar

I was working through the normal Wednesday morning routine where I sneak out early, coffee and camera gear packed, and head out into the predawn to brew up a cup outside.  This morning a few minutes before leaving, the best Plan B ever kicked in.  Out 3 year old decided she was going to wake up with daddy at 5:15, and 34week pregnant mommy was not so stoked, as she figured I was already gone.  I headed upstairs, grabbed the munchikin, cereal fixins and moved all the gear over to the Xtracycle.  Then in a flash, we were off to set up “camp” under the glow of the sodium lights.

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Coffee Outside

This Wednesday’s ride had an added twist.  Last night when starting to get things together it became apparent that we were out of beans, and that makes coffee outside in the morning just a little harder.  With the weather turning to our Fall, I decided to get up a bit earlier and ride to pick up some beans, then brew up on the way back across town.  It turned out to be pretty darn nice, and extra 15 miles of riding, and refreshed heading into the day.

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