I said farewell to instagram today.

It isn't easy to build some fitness after months of riding with no real objective.  Well, during the summer, there is an objective, but its only short rides, very early.

We are on the downhill side of summer.  It will soon be camping season in Texas.  Although I've been riding the new Meriwether Ponderosa consistently since it arrived in July, it has been only carrying the essentials for short rides.  But I now have another bikepacking trip to the mountains planned.  I'm headed to northern New Mexico in late October.  It is time, therefore, to figure out how to carry things on this bike.