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2007/7/1
(Sun)

131.09

06:12:15

21.13

622

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Woke up in a bus waiting booth at Butniava, near Raudondvaris. Overwaited the rainy night and headed toward Vilnius. Shortly after the rain started again. Completed the rainy metric OK, got all wet. Punctured the front tire near Elektrenai. Very little fun fixing it in the rain. The feet did not feel very comfortable after several hours in wet shoes.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +15C or so, been raining the whole day.

2007/7/2
(Mon)

34.30

01:50:50

18.57

220

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: A quick commute and the post office, a bit of slow park ride.

Weather Conditions: Nice day: +20C, a few clouds. Pretty comfortable after the whole day rain ride :)

2007/7/3
(Tue)

101.89

05:21:58

18.99

838

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Broke the BB, can't remove it myself due to damaged thread. Local Bicycle Stores are overloaded with repairs these days, I need to leave for vacations the day after tomorrow, kinda panic, I don't want to stay without a bicycle. Did commute and the post office, then found a geocache in Pavilniu Regional Park, got some tires for me and my wife, the new fenders and the rear rack. Cheap stuff, won't last long. Met yellowjacket in the morning, he gave me two bike-heart t-shirts.
Will add some pix and gps files later, too lazy now with lots of other stuff to prepare before I leave.

Weather Conditions: +20C or so, some dry rain drops, no wind. Excellent.

2007/7/4
(Wed)

65.50

04:03:46

16.12

483

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

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2007/7/5
(Thu)

54.40

03:48:22

14.29

129

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/6
(Fri)

21.69

01:57:17

11.10

95

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

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2007/7/7
(Sat)

13.55

00:52:53

15.37

43

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/8
(Sun)

57.89

03:26:13

16.84

376

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/9
(Mon)

63.27

04:45:18

13.31

292

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/10
(Tue)

39.85

02:49:30

14.11

57

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/11
(Wed)

14.95

01:04:42

13.86

50

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/12
(Thu)

18.80

01:35:40

11.79

31

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/13
(Fri)

53.51

03:52:39

13.80

155

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/14
(Sat)

100.53

06:03:45

16.58

208

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/15
(Sun)

46.03

02:40:11

17.24

114

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/16
(Mon)

32.86

02:31:30

13.01

59

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/17
(Tue)

37.39

02:48:38

13.30

86

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/18
(Wed)

17.96

01:38:30

10.94

36

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/19
(Thu)

50.03

03:25:07

14.63

142

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/20
(Fri)

52.89

03:57:11

13.38

104

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/21
(Sat)

36.62

02:41:13

13.63

72

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/22
(Sun)

26.78

01:54:27

14.04

58

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/23
(Mon)

64.89

04:33:54

14.21

195

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/24
(Tue)

94.99

04:47:36

19.82

228

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/25
(Wed)

68.50

04:18:14

15.92

168

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/26
(Thu)

92.21

05:00:34

18.41

285

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/26
(Thu)

17.00

00:00:00

0.00

0

Road: Flat

unknown make
Vintage

Bike Friday

Comments: Gave an old beater-commuter bicycle a test for the tomorrow's CM. A friend of mine Jonas borrowed it to me. Nice ride.

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2007/7/27
(Fri)

49.14

02:41:05

18.30

267

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/27
(Fri)

50.00

00:00:00

0.00

0

Road: Flat

unknown make
Vintage

Bike Friday

Comments: Had a great CM ride. Sventoji to Palanga and back.

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2007/7/28
(Sat)

53.41

03:46:50

14.13

125

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/29
(Sun)

89.75

05:14:16

17.14

255

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/30
(Mon)

12.59

00:46:00

16.42

53

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/7/31
(Tue)

67.21

04:38:15

14.49

250

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/8/1
(Wed)

28.95

02:09:59

13.36

193

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/8/2
(Thu)

27.15

01:55:52

14.06

229

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/8/3
(Fri)

54.32

03:09:12

17.23

376

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Quick commute and some slow park ride. Rear flat earned after a flatless month.

Weather Conditions: +20C or so, some clouds, rather nice

2007/8/4
(Sat)

92.39

04:57:57

18.61

777

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Checked the vicinities prior to going to the summerhouse in Rokantiskes. Made a couple of weird loops, slow Vingio and Sereikiskiu ride, traded evening "tea" for checking the geocache by night. Legs felt some hills after spending the whole month occassionally riding the extremely flat Baltic Sea coast.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Nice day, some clouds, pretty warm. I'd guess the temp stayed just above +20C.

2007/8/5
(Sun)

104.55

05:49:14

17.96

785

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Woke up early in the summerhouse, rode home, stopped at the park then back to the summerhouse then back home late in the afternoon. Lots of computer work, another slow city tour by the evening.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Warm and sunny, +25C or so, light northerly.

2007/8/6
(Mon)

135.86

07:02:18

19.30

964

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Smelled the roses dust metric. Lots of single track and bad sandy gravel. Luckilly my bicycle wore 32mms today. Inspecting/repairing several geocaches after extensive rain over a week ago. Did some slow park ride, then rode to Skaistis kid campground, back and forth Trakai, toward Uzutrakis, stopped by Siemetis lake then refilled the water container in Vievis, checked the bridge near Paneriai. The bridge is under repair and my geocache may get destroyed soon. Slow ride in Dukstos Oakery and back home through Suderve. Slowly getting back into shape after the vacation.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Nice, wonderful. +25C with occassional clouds and light northerly. Fantastic.

2007/8/7
(Tue)

71.29

04:04:10

17.52

505

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Repairing geocaches again. Some Vingio Park ride then typical post office and the commute. One crazy stupid lady driver kept honking at narrow Raugyklos and finally happened to zip pass me to only get stuck a hundred meters further. Some more park ride, home, overwaited the rain and a bit more slow evening ride. It is amazing when you can interchange computer and bicycle several times throughout the day. Enjoyed the rain from the blue sky late in the afternoon. Lovely clouds.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Pretty warm: 23C, basically no wind, some rain in the afternoon. The days are getting noticeably shorter.

2007/8/8
(Wed)

108.23

05:54:18

18.33

704

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some morning park ride, then commute and the post office followed by a lot of slow park ride. Aimless loops. Could not ride far from the office. Visited my mom late in the afternoon and rode to the park again :)

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Hot and humid. +27C or so. Overcast.

2007/8/9
(Thu)

130.21

06:31:34

19.95

984

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute and the post office with load, then stopped at mom's and did Lentvaris-Trakai-Rykantai loop for a metric inspecting my old geocaches on the way. Spent about an hour slowly riding in Uzutrakis in search for a good hideout, but failed and came back to Vilnius, enjoyed a bit of Vingio Park lazy ride. Switched back to 23mm tires and experienced two flats.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Humid and overcast. +27C on average. Moderate easterly.

2007/8/10
(Fri)

168.05

09:06:20

18.46

1,384

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some Pavilniai geocaching early in the morning, two new founds, one of them FTF. Commute and the post office. Ended the working day early, then rode to Trakai, back and forth, swam in the lakes, could still not find a good geocache hide place in Uzutrakis. The right foot started feeling very unconfortable in a shoe, so decided to ride home. Fought some headwind on the way back and the foot started aching. Made it home slowly having a century under my belt.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Sunny and hot. +28C or so, moderate easterly.

2007/8/11
(Sat)

80.08

04:10:04

19.21

542

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Aimless back and forth Vilnius, tried to find good hid place for LMK geocache, but had no luck. The same in Valakampiai. Crowds of people everywhere. Revisited the Zalgirio Battle geocache and threw in my wooden nickel, stopped by the springs. Surprisingly, no mosquitos today. Rode out for half hour brain ventilation by night. The computer takes so much energy, bicycle definitely helps to restore it.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Nice: hot and sunny +28C. Light wind, super weather to ride a bike.

2007/8/12
(Sun)

162.27

07:38:04

21.25

1,009

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/8/13
(Mon)

301.48

12:02:00

25.05

1,296

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Had a day off today so presented myself with a light tour to Merkine and Druskininkai. Did some geocaching both hiding and seeking caches. Loved walking up the Merkine Hillfort, met a couple of cyclists from Japan, then rode to Druskininkai, luckilly found an internet so was able to download the coords for Liskiava Hillfort geocache. Rode back and firth Druskininkai, long time not been there, the city has changed significantly. Met a group of cyclists in Liskiava, enjoyed the exposure and the hillfort, found a geocache and headed home taking a bit different route through Vilkiautinis. Got caught by a heavy rain near Perloja, the shower was strong but short and I dried up before Valkininkai. Made it home before dark and rode downtown to hit the 300K. No aches, no pain, felt fresh after returning home.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Humid when stopped, nice when against the breeze while moving. +27C or so, some rain in the afternoon.

2007/8/14
(Tue)

19.34

01:12:12

16.07

157

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: A quick park ride to ventilate the brain, stayed at a computer for the majority of the day.

Weather Conditions: +28C, hot and humid, no rain

2007/8/15
(Wed)

27.43

01:25:20

19.29

192

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Just lazying around, day off in Lithuania today.

Weather Conditions: +24C, no rain, no wind, some clouds.

2007/8/16
(Thu)

57.01

03:13:21

17.69

345

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute and some geocaching. A bit of park ride.

Weather Conditions: +25C or so, no rain, great weather to ride a bike.

2007/8/17
(Fri)

9.76

00:28:43

20.39

61

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: A quick ride to Karoliniskes and back.

Weather Conditions: Overcast with some light rain.+25C or so.

2007/8/18
(Sat)

104.06

05:17:16

19.68

746

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some geocaching followed by Seskuciai Bezdonys Nemencine Paazuole ride. Better part of the ride (timewise) went on sandy roads in woods. Plenty of streatches to walk the bike as 23mm tires did not want to tolerate the sand.
Enjoyed it a lot. GPS batteries died about an hour to home.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Seemed it was going to start raining, but it didn't. Very comfortable weather with about +25C and some light wind.

2007/8/19
(Sun)

17.42

01:10:04

14.92

142

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments:

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2007/8/20
(Mon)

101.45

05:14:16

19.37

535

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute, then rode North of Maisiagala to step onto KO24LV, the 452'nd WWL square this year.

Weather Conditions: Light rain in the morning followed by a marvelous afternoon.

2007/8/21
(Tue)

75.36

04:22:40

17.21

393

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Another WWL in the books: KO24RV. The front tire exploded loud some 15 kilometers to home. Walked/carried the bike to Santariskes, then took a buss #55 to get home.

Weather Conditions: Hot and humid. +25C, maybe more than that.

2007/8/22
(Wed)

56.43

02:58:16

18.99

310

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Took a train to Varena, found a geocache, with missing state owned geodetic sign, rode a bit further toward Eisiskes, earned four new WWL squares.

Weather Conditions: Hot and humid, no rain, light wind. Temperature stayed in the vicinity of +29C.

2007/8/23
(Thu)

106.73

05:43:57

18.62

754

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Truly recreation ride on a bike path to Nemencine with occassional stops to watch the spiders building their webs. Millions of them - the sign of approaching fall. Then rode to Suzionys and a bit further North, hid a geocache at Suzionys hillfort, did not bother myself going on top of it as I knew what to expect there from what I read other people wrote and from my own experience last September. Punctured my front tire two times, thought I'd ride toward Danilava, but saw a road construction sign offering to take a detour and gave up with the idea. Back to Nemencine, then Azulauke and Riese. Road construction again. The rear tire went flat making it the third and the last puncture for today. Got home slightly after dark. Six new WWL squares for this year. Pretty good.

Weather Conditions: Hot and humid with no rain. Felt like more than +30C. Some southerly during the day turning into a westerly by the evening.

2007/8/24
(Fri)

33.48

02:15:05

14.87

368

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Typical commute and some Vingio park, got home did the computer homework and thought I'd ride to get a new tire and maybe a spare tube or two after a row of flats recently. The "snake" bite my front tire again when jumping on a sidewalk going downhill at 62 kph on Narbuto after some automoron decided to not leave me a space and hit the brakes. Luckily I managed to stay upright while crossing the grass and the pedestrian space at a significant speed, it took time to gently stop the bike with a flat front tube. After I stopped it finally, the rim was really hot, I could barely touch it :) Fixed the flat and broke the valve, so had to walk the bicycle home, just a couple of kilometers. Getting short of tubes, hope some LBS store them.

Weather Conditions: Hot. No rain. +27C.

2007/8/25
(Sat)

38.14

02:07:20

17.97

262

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Slow afternoon park ride, aimless loops, checked the Podcacher geocache to just retrieve a Travel Bug. Got home slightly after dark, had a nice slow recreational ride.

Weather Conditions: Getting a bit cooler. +23C or so. Overcast with light westerly. Nice.

2007/8/26
(Sun)

66.44

03:15:44

20.37

683

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Much geocaching today. Checked Pilaite first, then rode to the Hill of 3 Crosses then Vingio Park. Plenty of Travel Bugs to play with. Then rode toward Maisiagala in hope to hide a TB Hotel cache, but ended up leaving the cache in so-so location and got back before the rain started. Great way to forget the computer for a while.

Weather Conditions: Getting cooler, moderate westerly, cloudy, it rained late in the afternoon. Temp appx +23C.

2007/8/27
(Mon)

36.68

01:55:47

19.01

315

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some park ride in the morning after the night at a computer. Then back home. Broke the rear derailleur cable on the way to work, no big deal, but all the LBS closed today. Rode on the weird low-low combination. Got all soaked up on the way home, great but warm shower caught me.

Weather Conditions: Way more comfortable, cooled down sizeably. Started raining in the afternoon, light westerly. +18C or seemed like it.

2007/8/28
(Tue)

83.52

04:03:56

20.54

708

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some morning park ride followed by a commute, then LBS for a new tire, some tubes and cables. Rode toward Maisiagala, got scared by a dangerous rain cloud ahead so turned back shortly and got back to the LBS. All dry, just in time. Got home after the shower, did some computer work, overwaited the rain and happened to do some more aimless park ride by the evening when it cleared up.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Windy and cool. The temp kept in the range of +10C to +14C. Moderate to strong westerly.

2007/8/29
(Wed)

161.90

06:56:41

23.31

1,199

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Spent half night at a computer, had a day off today. Rode to Suderve in the morning, hid a geocache there, then Putiniskes, took my unlisted cache and brought it to Alinavos Karciama for TB Hotel A2 cache, then Sirvintos and Sesuoleliai, back to Sirvintos, then Avizonys, inspected the 55N 25E Degree Confluence. Great fun. Hid a geocache in Kieliai. Back home. Some rain, but not much. Dried up before got home. It cleared up late in the afternoon so rode to Vingio Park after lunch. Saw someone has been inspecting one of the caches there without logging. Taking TB's GC's. Too bad. Rode to Frank Zappa monument, replaced missing container there. Back to Vingio Park, some relaxing circles there and home. Two flats today. Both within the first hour of a ride.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: A bit windy. Moderate westerly. Rained somewhere, but I managed to basically stay dry. +7C in the morning then some +17C during the day. Nice weather to ride a bicycle.

2007/8/30
(Thu)

74.49

03:37:43

20.53

650

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some morning ride in the vicinities, had a cup of coffee at a gas station, the post office, home, then checked the Three Cross Hill geocache, grabbed a geocoin there. Started raining. Got to work by 10AM, the outgoing PO with load, home, some computerwork and rode to recreate to Vingio Park.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +6C in the morning. Rather cool. Warmed up during the day. +15C at peaks, moderate south-westerly. Cloudy, some rain.

2007/8/31
(Fri)

70.76

04:07:29

17.16

432

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some park ride and regular commute, the post office. Came back home. Much computer work. Enjoyed Critical Mass ride by the evening. The weather turned out great and dry, so many attendants resulted in.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: A bit of rain, but generally dry. Light wind with +12C average temps.

2007/9/1
(Sat)

114.09

04:55:32

23.16

771

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Sat at a computer the whole morning, then did some relaxing park ride, dropped off the geocoin at V-K Hwy geocache. Seemed it was going to start raining, took a risk and rode to Keturiasdesimt Totoriu village. The name translates as Fourty Tatars. The village is known for one of the oldest islamic mosques in Lithuania. 130 Tatars currently reside in the area, there are four Tatar cemeteries there. Amazing. The village was first mentioned back in 1558. Hid a geocache there, then Rudninkai, Jasiunai and back home through Teresiskes/Juodsiliai. It cleared up by the evening. Seven new WWL squares this year

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Some clouds, some wind, the temp kept in the vicinity of +14C. Did not rain as forecasted.

2007/9/2
(Sun)

110.50

04:26:22

24.89

943

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Sunday afternoon metric Lentvaris-Trakai-Semeliskes-Trakai-Rykantai. Made five new WWL squares this year. Wanted to go back through Elektrenai, but got scared by dark clouds.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +15 or so, some south-westerly, overcast.

2007/9/3
(Mon)

121.66

05:37:48

21.61

808

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute followed by a ride to Buivydziai. Could not make it as the rain cought me near Punzonys. Dried up before getting back to Vilnius. Rode in the park a bit to complete the metric. Earned three new Maidenhead squares for 2007.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +13C on average. Light southerly, overcast, some rain.

2007/9/4
(Tue)

174.65

07:28:57

23.34

1,334

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Found the geocache at the old water mill near Bradeliskes (First to Find), then rode to Kernave. Intense road construction work was going on Kernave to Musninkai. Made it West to Ciobiskis, did some new WWL squares, hid my geocache and crossed the river by a cable ferry driven by the water flow power. The ferry is the only one of such kind in Lithuania. The operator complained there getting fewer people using the ferry as the summer is gone now. The ferry is capable to carry two cars or one minivan at a time. Or perhaps over a hundred bicycles. It never takes more than 5 minutes to get across the river and it only costs a little over a buck to go one way. More WWL were planned on the left bank of Neris. All of a sudden a heavy rain started pouring while riding on a country dirt road. The bike, my backpack, shorts, legs - everything got covered with a thick layer of mud. The rain stopped after a while and the wind dried the shoes and upper apparel up pretty fast, rode to some more squares (12 new totally) and got back through Zasliai, Elektrenai before dark. Enjoyed the ride a lot. The odometer showed I had a century under my belt and the average speed was pretty good for me counting I fought unpaved roads for at least 1/4 of the total distance. Enjoyed it a lot.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +14C on average, light westerly. Overcast, some rain.

2007/9/5
(Wed)

128.25

05:43:41

22.39

897

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Pilaite-Dukstos-Vievis. Then rode toward Kaugonys, terrible sand. Spent over an hour walking the bicycle through the forest, but managed to do four new WWL's for this year. Got back through Trakai, Lentvaris, Traku Voke.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: No rain, little clouds. Moderate north-easterly. Temp kept in the vicinity of +16C, more sun late in the afternoon.

2007/9/6
(Thu)

174.76

06:34:12

26.60

842

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Sirvintos-Sesuoliai-Liauciai-Pabaiskas-Bagaslaviskis century. Lots of dirt roads and gravel, but riding conditions were perfect most of the time. Managed to do 16 new WWL squares for this year. Hid a geocache in Sirvintos, got home before dark with a help of a nice tailwind.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Warm and sunny. Light northerly. Seemed like +23C or so. Excellent.

2007/9/7
(Fri)

165.25

07:44:49

21.33

1,267

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: A metric for Mary on her birthday. Turned out to be a century. Rode to the Confluence geocache. Did not examin the description prior to leaving so first made it from the opposite side of Brazuole river, no problem, the forests tracks were rideable and in good condition. Collected a lot of hazelnuts. They are really delicious. Then rode to the right bank of Brazuole, find a cache and left. Made it to Pastrevys and then decided to hide my geocache near the Elektrenai power plant. The power plant is now only operates at 5% of it's capacity, but will most likely be soon running at full speed again when the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant gets shut down. Some site seeing in Elektrenai and made it back home through Dukstos and Pilaite. Enjoyed some mushrooms near Paneriai. Got home before dark. The days are getting shorter. Four new Maidenhead squares visited this year.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: The thermometer at the entrance to EPP showed +18C, felt a bit cooler, perhaps due to a moderate northerly. Some clouds, no rain. Pretty good to ride a bike.

2007/9/8
(Sat)

122.09

04:46:28

25.57

710

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Rode to Paluknys, did two new WWL's, Lentvaris, Trakai, Daniliskes for another WWL and back through Traku Voke, Gariunai. Nothing spectacular, just a regular brain ventilation.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +15C or so, light wind, some clouds. Fantastic weather to ride a bike.

2007/9/9
(Sun)

128.03

05:49:27

21.98

1,036

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Rode to the Byelarus border, visited Aukstojas hill, the highest point in Lithuania, then Keipunai, Tarpuciai. The gravel there was pretty bad, so did not make it to Turgeliai and got back to Medininkai and home on A3

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +14C maybe. Shorts and T-shirt. Felt maybe a bit cool, but no problem. Light northerly, few clouds, no rain.

2007/9/10
(Mon)

130.09

06:14:55

20.82

798

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Tried to find a geocache in an abandoned manor North of Nemencine, but did not have a rope or a ladder to get to the basement and out of it afterwards, so left the attraction for the next time. Rode to Pabrade and around it. Lots of bad unpaved roads, one front flat while riding on a new bike path that replaced no longer used railroad. Could not get to one of the WWL squares planned due to military trainings. Took a train back from Pabrade.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Nice and sunny most of the day. Light southerly, +14C or so. Comfortable with shorts and shortsleeves.

2007/9/11
(Tue)

102.15

05:12:38

19.60

685

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Urban metric. Including some lazy park ride, back and forth errands. Rode to the abandoned Paneriai tunnel, some foresty single track, by railroad, visited the WW2 memorial, back to the park, some downtown ride and home by dark.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +13C or so. Overcast most of the day, light southerly, some rain in the afternoon.

2007/9/12
(Wed)

176.15

07:08:31

24.66

1,025

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Took a train to Kaunas, did some geocaching downtown, then Domeikava, Vandziogala. Rode to the geographical center of Lithuania near Dotnuva, then Daumantai (picked some corn for my wife), Kedainiai (saw nice antennas of some HAM), Seta, Ukmerge. Took a bus home.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +13C or so. Litht southwesterly, cloudy, some thin rain near Deltuva. Fine weather to bike.

2007/9/13
(Thu)

47.72

02:19:44

20.49

317

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Hit a car on the way to work. Some moron hooked me up while attempting his right turn. I happened to turn right along with him. Down his mirror went. Somehow I happened to stay upright with absolutely no damage to me and my bike. A police car was a few cars behind, they stopped and asked if we wanted them to call road police. The crazy driver said no and started insisting on me to pay him for the mirror :))). But he absolutely did not want to wait for the road police, so he left. One of the rare bike/car accidents when only a car is damaged :). Continued my commute, did some park and downtown ride afterwards.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Some rain during the day, the temperature kept in the vicinity of +12C, moderate westerly.

2007/9/14
(Fri)

172.38

07:20:48

23.46

1,031

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Took a bus to Panevezys, then rode toward Subacius, made some 20km out in the woods in search for the geocache in gorilla dug-outs. Found it after an hour or so search, rode to Kupiskis, back and forth around the town, then quick ride to Utena and took a bus from there home. 35 new Maidenhead WWL squares for 2007.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +5C in the morning, then significantly warmer during the day, maybe +15C or so. Sunny most of the day, light westerly.

2007/9/15
(Sat)

74.84

03:30:06

21.37

689

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Took a train to Palemonas. Then cycled Piliuona-Prienai-Zarsta to visit with my wife's relatives out in a country there. A heavy rain with wind soaked me up right after I crossed Nemunas. Rode into a heavy head wind, so dried up quickly, was a bit chilling though.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Moderate to strong gusting southwesterly. +10C or so, some rain showers, some sunshine. Not the best weather to ride a bicycle.

2007/9/16
(Sun)

218.31

08:03:28

27.09

1,409

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Zarsta to Vilnius. Visited Paslavantys Hillfort, then Igliauka, Zuvintas, Simnas. Had a tasty breakfast out in corn fields. Hid a cache in Santaika, then Alytus and home the shortest route. Had a nice tailwind till Pirciupiai. Got home slightly after dark. Fixed a front flat near Daugai. Managed to ride some more WWLs.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Moderate westerly, cloudy, some rain. Felt like +12C.

2007/9/17
(Mon)

114.95

05:14:55

21.90

833

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute, then checked the Kartingai geocache, picked the TB, back home, added some more air to the tires, Vingio park, Titnago loop clockwise, then Antakalnis for Clinics cache. Could not make it FTF, but met supernial, we chatted for a while. Got shocked by electricity at supposedly non-working lamp post. Saw a bad car accident on the way home. Don't know about the driver yet, but there was nothing left out of his car. Sad.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Felt like +18C, no rain, some clouds, some sun, light wind. Super.

2007/9/18
(Tue)

102.94

05:01:45

20.47

874

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some geocaching, took pictures of yesterday found Travel Bug as requested, then Naujoji Vilnia, rehid my geocache, Paliepiukai geodetic point, another cache hide, train terminal, quick stop at work, some park ride, Titnago loop clockwise, a bit more park and home. Happened to do another metric.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Warm, felt like +20C or more. Some clouds, no rain. The rain only started around 10PM, after I was home.

2007/9/19
(Wed)

76.82

03:40:00

20.95

499

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Visited mom, commute, some park ride, Titnago loop, downtown and home.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +13C or so, rather windy, some sun, some clouds, some rain.

2007/9/20
(Thu)

111.35

05:28:16

20.35

766

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some errands and geocaching, park ride, downtown, Titnago loop with the detour to Bukciai, Zujunai, Mazoji Riese, Galine, home. Nice, loopy metric.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Felt like +15C, light southerly, sunny most of the day.

2007/9/21
(Fri)

60.22

02:51:11

21.11

522

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Some park ride followed by Puckoriai, Dvarcionys including some geocaching, Vingio park again and home. Lotsa computer work.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +15C or so, light wind, sunny most of the day.

2007/9/22
(Sat)

150.47

05:37:23

26.76

942

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Geo metric. Replaced the container at Avizieniai, hid Atgimusiai Lietuvai, swapped TB's at A2 Hotel near Sirvintos. Then back to Maisiagala, Vievis, Elektrenai, swapped TBs there, took the shortest route home, hid Saltinelis Micro on the way. Nice tailwind on the stretch Vilnius to A2 Hotel geocache. Supposed to be EU Commission claimed "Day without a car", but Vingio park was overloaded with cars. No one really cares.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Sunny most of the day. +13C on average or seemed like that. Moderate southerly.

2007/9/23
(Sun)

54.62

02:18:31

23.66

311

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Spent most of the day at a computer. Lots of work. The weather turned out great for riding, but I could only get out late in the afternoon. Made a small city tour. Punctured both tires in Turniskes.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Warm and sunny. Typical indian summer. +18C at peaks, light wind. Perfect.

2007/9/24
(Mon)

142.55

06:06:05

23.36

1,179

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Typical commute. Then afterwork metric. Took a train to Pabrade and rode to Moletai. Hid a geocache in Kabakelis, Egiptas (a funny named village not far from Uta with a couple of houses and an observation booth). Then Moletai, Alanta (hid a geocache on Virinta bridge where the Donatas & Edita lock hung). Enjoyed the windy rollers a lot. Did not have time to see Buivydai Hillfort and Rubikiai lake as it was getting dark rapidly. Got to Utena 8 minutes before the last bus leaves to Vilnius. Lucky me. Got home by 9PM. 20 new WWL squares for the year 2007. A new mod: used neodymium magnets to stick the sandwich box to the frame. It perfectly held some dried fruit snack. Easy access while riding.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Nice and warm. Felt like +20C, light southerly. An Indian Summer at its best!

2007/9/25
(Tue)

202.46

07:32:53

26.82

874

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: A nice afterwork metric. Took a train to Zasliai, inspected my geocache there, took a TB, took it to Elektrenai, swapped TB's there, then rode to Kaisiadorys, hid a cache in Palomene at coded well, then Rukla, Jonava, Ukmerge. Hid a cache on Ukmerge Hillfort. Punctured my front tire there, was fun fixing it on a steep slope of the hill. The sun was still up so took a quick 1:30 hr 61km tailwind ride to Panevezys and took a bus to Vilnius from there. Contributed 30 new WWL squares for the year 2007. Great weather, much fun.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: +18C at peaks, sunny most of the day. Light southeasterly. Perfect!

2007/9/26
(Wed)

36.81

02:01:00

18.25

257

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute and the post office. Rode a bit in the park then broke the front brake cable and got home early. Much computer work.

GPS files: txt gpx

Weather Conditions: Warm. Felt like +15C, overcast, light wind. Rained a bit in the afternoon.

2007/9/27
(Thu)

50.85

02:32:32

20.00

345

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute and the post office followed by a bit of park ride. A lot of computer work, little time left to ride a bike.

Weather Conditions: +15C or so, overcast in the morning, some sunshine late in the afternoon. Pretty warm, dry and comfortable.

2007/9/28
(Fri)

74.49

04:01:56

18.47

746

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute and the post office, much work. Rode with the Critical Mass in the evening. Seemingly the left eggbeater broke.

Weather Conditions: Overcast, but warm, light wind. Felt like +15C

2007/9/29
(Sat)

64.21

03:19:34

19.30

533

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Commute. Some work at the office. The post offices. Both incoming and outgoing. Some city tour, rode to Uzupis, hid Gedimino Kapo Kalnas geocache, then by Vilnele toward Markuciai, hid a Pipe Bridge geocache, downtown, Vingio Park, Titnago loop and home. Still much computer work.

Weather Conditions: +20C at peaks. Fantastic day. Dry, some sunshine, excellent for riding a bike.

2007/9/30
(Sun)

72.39

03:05:03

23.47

448

Road: Flat

Trek 520
Touring

Bike Friday

Comments: Spent the better portion of the sunny Sunday at a computer. Enormous amount of work. Got out late in the afternoon, did some city tour including Turniskes, Vingio Park and Titnago loop. Counted well over 300 cars in the park. Wondered what people do there in the park among cars. The left eggbeater broke close to home, but I did not feel so much frustrated as it started raining anyway.

Weather Conditions: Sunny during the day, very warm, felt like +20C. Light wind. Some rain in the evening.