Category: 30daysofbiking (Page 6 of 6)

A busy day today, so I didn’t get a chance to ride until late this afternoon. There was a break in the rain in the early afternoon, but couldn’t ride then so by the time I rode the weather radar map looked like this:

My so-called ride, was up the street and back pedaling straight from the protection of the garage where my husband was standing so he could take a picture of me. I’m sure he was shaking his head questioning my judgment as he took this:

While he was waiting on my soggy return he took this of standing water:

I took this of the rain gauge “ hey I was already wet so what the-

My so-called ride was a couple of minutes, probably less than a mile sort of pit-i-ful.

For you folks who live in normal places where it rains, lakes have water, water isn’t rationed year-round: don’t judge.

Tomorrow we are supposed to see the sun!

A fortunate day weather-wise and ride-wise too; mid 60’s and light wind. That will not be true for the next several days, if you can believe the weather people, which we know we can’t, but still, they are right sometimes so I am prepared to ride in the cold rain if it comes to that.

For Day 1 I took a leisurely ride for about an hour stopping to watch ducks land in a pond, smell the hyacinth (no roses yet) and take pictures of spring color – including the bright blue sky.

Wonderful start to 30 Days of Biking! There is still time to sign-up!

In the spirit of 30 Days of Biking, to ride and not train, I rode with my Garmin but ignored it while riding: 7.04 miles 42:10 🙂