Had good snow about 10 days ago
& 9 & 8 days ago (4", 4", 2") and had been cold enough for it hang around.
Most of it melted two days ago, but still some roadside piles melting and running into the road.
Sunday was mid 40s and calm.... so got out for a ride.... so that qualifys for a December ride.
Do have a story:
Headed further out of town.
Got thru first half of a double S curve..... was a pickup truck comming from the other way...
and something came off the truck,,,,,,
some rectangular thing, bouncing, tumbling, whith lots of shiney things scattering about also sliding and bounceing on pavement comming toward me in my lane -yikes- looked like something was breaking up into shiney pieces.
I managed to steer-jog around the big rectangular thing that was still sliding in my direction, but I ran over two or three shiney things.
I went a little further, then pulled over to side of road , took couple deep breaths, tires seemed okay, then I turned around and went back.
At some point I figured it was a big tool kit, and the shiney things were lots of sockets, and maybe it came from top of one of those tool boxes behind the cab of pickup truck.
THe guy in the truck also had turned around and come back.
I stopped before the curve, to wave down oncomming traffic to slow down, while the guy was running around in the road and shoulder gathering up his tool kit.
After he got his stuff gathered up, he went way out of his way to come over to me and said "thanks for stopping to help".
I said " I didnt just stop, I turned around and came back, that thing dumped in the road right in front of me".
THe guy said was the stupidest thing he has ever done and appologied all over the place. THe guy did look shocked and stunned. ANd appologized more.
I said that it looks like a new big tool set. He said needs it for work. And appologied some more. I waved and I went on my way.
Stopped on my return trip for my goofy roadside selfie photo.
As I was leaving, the guy came back, and went looking around off the shoulder of the road. I waved and continued on.