For the past several weeks I've enjoyed some random rambles around the county, in between spells of cold, rainy weather. Usually by mid-May I've cracked open the windows of my apartment and turned the furnace off, until the late September chill returns. This "summer" I've been wearing long pants, sweaters and wool socks indoors. I've even been tempted to turn the heat back on several times.
Optimistically, I signed up for a weekend event ride next week, which I will report on post-ride. I hope I'm in decent shape for it. In the meanwhile, here are some photos from sunnier days.
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| Mount Baker from the top of Olson Road |
In September of 2010 I started this blog with the hope of creating a forum and support group for local recreational cyclists and bike commuters. Sadly, I never really connected with local people. Google does give me statistics on traffic to this site, though, and from the beginning it was exciting to see that people all over the world were reading about my misadventures.
AdSense also placed advertising on the site, offering to pay per click. I thought it might be easy money, but never really tried to optimize traffic or revenues. Not surprisingly, in twelve years the site only earned about $28, not enough for Google to even issue a payout.
Now Google is instigating a more sophisticated Analytics system, and has been urging me to convert. My digital skill level is limited to drag & drop, point & click, copy & paste and I have not yet succeeded in migrating to the new system. Lately Google's reminders have started sounding a little bit ominous - "set up your new site or we will create one for you" - and I'm thinking it won't be worth the trouble.
So come July 1, the advertising may disappear (along with my $28 revenues), and I may consider looking for another creative outlet than BlogSpot. But I will bring back one more event ride report before signing off.
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Birch Bay at low tide
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