weird weather

the weather was weird today. i turned east onto the highway and was met by the southeast wind i expected.

the road was wet, but no rain was falling. i'd looked at the radar and knew there was a small patch of rainlessness over argonia, so i wasn't too surprised. i figured i'd run into the light rain that the green on radar indicated eventually. i didn't. about two or three miles out of town, i got hit by a smattering of large drops. i didn't count them, but there couldn't have been more than 40 or 50 that actually hit me. i rode through that and never felt or saw a drop falling from the sky again. a little mist of the cars passing by was all the precipitation that followed.

back to the wind now. i rode under the clouds and suddenly everything got eerily calm. i mean it was prickles on the back of your neck calm. after an in your face blast early on, i was just a little nervous. about three or four times a year i get hit by a headwind going both ways. i couldn't help but wonder if this was going to be one of those days.

i continued on east, riding really easy today. i just wanted miles. nothing special.

i got to chicaskia road and turned around. the wind hit me hard. i groaned. it was going to be a long ride back if i had to deal with a headwind all the way. did i mention that the weather was weird today? in just a mile or two, the calm was back and i cruised along with no problems at all. a little later, the wind might have picked up a bit, but it was at my back then.

i had to ride out and around a deer carcass just after milan road and there was a bloated possum somewhere along there too. i shed a tear and rode on. i arrived home almost exactly at 6:30.

the only other thing to report is the missing light button on my watch. somewhere along the route there is a tiny plastic button that decided today was a good day to sow some wild oats and go out on its own. it will be missed. i went to my watch salvage yard and found another button to cover up the pin and spring, but the light doesn't work. grrrrr! i hate it when stuff like that happens. (20.13 miles @ 14.6mph)