Sunday....

Corn standing tall near Hudson....
Stopped in Dike....

Picking corn north of Dike....

Still wearing shorts in October....

Got caught in the rain....

I took off for a ride on the C50 this morning not knowing where I would end up. I headed south to Hudson and then west on the Zanetta blacktop. I figured I'd get to the top of Mother F**ker hill and then head back and get in a good 30 mile ride. When I got there I was feeling pretty good so I kept heading west knowing that the strong south wind would give me a boost on my way into Dike. SWEET! Heading north out of Dike was still sunny and I felt something wet when I hit one of the joints in the road. I thought it must be my water bottle spraying when I hit the cracks.... Nope! It was starting to sprinkle and I had 18 miles to go.... It wasn't uncomfortable and it was off and on so I just kept pedaling. I turned east on 27th and could see the road was wet up by Hillside Cemetary which was about 2 miles ahead. By the time I had done the 8 or so miles to Cedar Falls I had been in and out of the rain about a half dozen times. Weird. I took Union Road north to 12th and then headed east into town. It was sprinkling almost all the way. It felt kinda good! It started raining harder when I got to Hudson Road and I kept scooting until I got across town to Pfeiffer Park where I stopped beneath the overhang on the bathrooms for a few minutes. The rain slowed and I took off for the final 2 miles to the house. Overall a good ride. 42 miles. I haven't been on the road bike since the 23rd of August. I put the Green Surly on the road September 19th of last year and will click over 2000 miles on my next ride. I like that bike! I like all of them. :)

Today is Baby Rhea's first birthday and we are going to have a party in a couple of hours. That deserves a post of it's own, I think. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEETIE!!!!!

Check out this post for more regarding the Landis "doping" debacle.... It's worth reading.

That's it for now.

Ride safe.

Peace out, yo!