60- Here's to the brave ones

Here's to all those that still brave the morning ride despite the rain...

59- Rain and more rain

Wouldn't you know it, it never rains at 6 AM... except during the dry season and on the days when I just want to ride to work =/

Rain #2

Or is that November 31st... it should be November 31st, or at least my head wants it to be November 31st.

More rain today. And not only more rain, it was cold too. That's the worst combination, when you've got that open-refrigerator air and on top of that it's pouring down. It's supposed to clear up by tonight, so I'm hoping to see clear skies tomorrow morning.

Rain #1

Waking up to rain, an hour before your alarm clock goes off, is always nice. Waking up an hour later and seeing it's not done raining yet... that tends to be a problem.

One of those very rare days today, when I can't bike to work because it's just raining at 7 AM. And I don't mean a drop here or a drop there, or maybe an overcast sky... I mean really raining. True, it rains almost the whole year here, but it has a very clear schedule, which doesn't normally include commute hours.

In fact it was so bad this morning I actually had to turn around when I got to the office and head for the nearest supermarket to get an umbrella. I really didn't want to be walking a block from my parking spot to the building under that kind of rain. As luck would have it, the supermarket was closed. I finally decided to brave it, and as I was parking, the rain let up a bit, which left me wet to a point where I air dried about 15 minutes later.

To and from

On the way to work... on the way from work...

Getting up in the morning, you'd never expect it to rain. Unless of course, you lived here =)

Under cover

No luck with the sun yet. A little bit yesterday, but the clouds are still hanging around. There's been no rain though, which is an improvement.

It's also started getting cold. You know, that kind of dry, kind of wet cold that lets you know that the year is coming to a close and the holidays are drawing near.

You ever notice there's a smell to it too? It's like that smell when it rains, only much less intense, and mixed in with the dry smell of the cold air. It's one of those smells you can't really place your finger on, but you know it when you get there. The end of autumn, that's what it smells like.

We don't really have autumn or spring here. We just go from no rain, to more rain, to less rain. But you still get that cold and that end of autumn smell nevertheless.

Sometimes I miss the four seasons. And everything that came with them.

Don't get stuck on the past, and don't worry too much about the future. And if you succeed in doing that, let me know how it's done.

It's raining again

It's raining again. It started on Tuesday, and it hasn't stopped yet. No bike to work this week, so far.

Aside from the annoying fact that it's raining, the rain seems to have made everyone drive worse than their usual below par driving. Which normally means more accidents on the way to work. Had to wait in line to pass at least 2 accidents this morning, which is way above the norm.. especially since I take back roads to work.

No rain

Yay... no rain, at least not in the early morning hours. Finally pulled out my bike today again =D

Which was a pretty good thing. It seems everyone decided to take their car out today. So there were insane lines of cars waiting at stoplights again and again and again.

I of course, followed Pooh. "Bother", I said, and took to the sidewalk. xD

Raining... again

It's raining... again. We've been getting rain and more rain. It all started last thursday, lightly though. But these past 3 days, it just started coming down. I can't complain because it mostly rains at night and at dawn, still, the rain and cold just makes it that much harder to get up when the alarm goes off.

Plus, I haven´t been able to ride my bike to work, which is probably my biggest complaint this week =)

Typically the rain starts around 2 PM and goes away around 4, which works out really well for me, I ride to work at 7 and 5. But this past week, no such luck: rain, the entire day through.

The weather man promised the rain would calm down by tomorrow, we'll have to see how right he is.