since breakfast was all ready to go before i went to bed last night, i had an extra half hour to ride this morning and i took full advantage of those thirty minutes. i rode straight into the wind going up pine to the highway. when i got there, cars were coming from both directions, so rather than stop, i turned and circled around the high school parking lot and then hit the road.
the wind was a little stronger than yesterday and felt every bit as cold even though it was a couple of degrees warmer this morning. the cold snap, it turns out, won't hit until tomorrow morning so i didn't have to pull on shoe covers or full-fingered gloves or a skull cap this morning. i was pleased with that.
on my way back, it felt like the wind shifted so it was in my face a bit more than on the way out. an almost straight north or straight south wind is so hard to judge. it didn't do me in, but i did lose a tenth of a mile per hour over the final twelve miles. i also saved another possum from certain death. he was walking toward the road, saw me and turned back just as a semi went roaring past. i will soon be in possum lore as the greatest marsupial protector of all time. i shall wear the title with pride. (24.37 miles @ 16.0mph)
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