The only real disadvantage to living in the mountains of Colorado is that my driveway has a tendency to ice up during the winter months. There is currently about three inches of packed ice in my driveway and that sheet of glass will be there until the thaw in March.

This week, the temperature has been up into the 70s and the roads have been full of motorcyclists enjoying the brief reprieve from cold weather, sandy roads and the threat of black ice. Yesterday it was finally too much for me, so this morning I chipped away at my driveway to get a few rough spots on the ice and then carefully slipped and slid my way across it on my DRZ. Then I got to join the smiling crowd of bikers on the road and enjoy some mid-winter riding! Whoo hoo!

I’ll be heading home late tonight and will probably freeze my ass off but at least I got in some rare riding in the month of January. Hmmmm….with just a little more chipping and some rock salt, I may be able to to get the Beemer out tomorrow…

[image from the cell phone of co-worker Paul Rundle]