Living on the hill

Our house is at about 900' above sea level, in some parts of the country we'd be in the low lands, but here in Tolland we're nearly the highest property in town. There are some realities of living here

• There are times where we measure snow by the foot and I get to the highway entrance (less than 3 miles away) and there is a half inch of slush
• All of my road rides include a solid climb
• The first part of my road rides are down hill (generally)
• When there are forest fires in Canada we get to smell it
• A simple errand on the bike (like going to the bank or to the library) is not a casual affair.
• Fog is a regular and dense thing

Today I went to the bank to cash a few checks we had laying around - It was a great ride, as with so many, the bad part was turning the handlebars to point home. Not many places around here where a 5.5 mile ride will get you almost a thousand feet of climbing.