So the snow is leaving. Roads are clear, but the bay and rivers are still
ice-bound. I decide to dust-off my bicycle and shake out the winter cobwebs.
50 degrees out, slight breeze, sunny. I drag the bike up out of the
basement, puffing a little. I pump up the tires, puffing a bit harder. I
make a loop around town, a mile and half door to door.

I thought I was gonna die.

Hello, spring. Good to see you again.

"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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So the snow is leaving. Roads are clear, but the bay and rivers are still
ice-bound. I decide to dust-off my bicycle and shake out the winter
cobwebs. 50 degrees out, slight breeze, sunny. I drag the bike up out of
the basement, puffing a little. I pump up the tires, puffing a bit harder.
I make a loop around town, a mile and half door to door.

I thought I was gonna die.

Hello, spring. Good to see you again.
Pretty well the same here. Nice and sunny today and the boat is still
covered in case it is a false dawn (or false spring) but today I got to work
on prepping the bottom for antifouling even though I was treading around the
boat in snow. I was the last out in the autumn because I have every
intention of being first in once the launching dock become icefree.
It has been a lot of snow this winter but always hovering just below zero
(celsius) so my snow thrower has had a lot of trouble blocking up with
solid stuff and I have had to resort to the shovel on many occasions.
I had planned to be ready to go by now.