Wet....

The weather this year is just plain weird. The high today was something like 51 degrees, or so. Normal highs would be in the low to mid 70s. And we've had some rain. About 2 inches today. I made up my mind early this afternoon that I was going to ride this evening, rain or shine. Well, I had my wipers on all the way home from work. It was still sprinkling when I walked from the mailbox to the house. It was sprinkling when I set my bicycle outside before I put my cycling shoes on, but when I went out to ride it had stopped. Hows that for timing? Oh, it was definitely a little bit damp but still quite pleasant during my ride. Even the 18mph wind out of the east didn't bother me much. Just happy to be out riding!

I guess that some days are like that. The ride makes up for the weather. It was good.

Little Jake made the trip back to Iowa City yesterday for an evaluation of his legs and what can be done to correct his club footedness (is that a word?) We thought that they would break them and then adjust and pin them like they did when he was a baby. Nope! Not this time. It seems that the doctors think that they can put them in casts to try to get them to move back to a more "normal" position without surgery. Woohoo! We were all happy to hear that!

Check out the Bike Tech site for some pics of the Snake Alley race from this last weekend. SWEET!!!! Yes, it really is that steep and yes, that is really brick pavement!

Well, that's about it for now.

Ride safe.

Peace out, yo!