Dodging rain, Fighting the wind

By: C. Kent, aka (Superman) I didn’t expect to get in a ride today because I was sure it was going to rain. In fact it did rain when I first got up and then it stopped and more or less dried out. I put on leg warmers, and a long sleeve jersey with a base layer and headed for Burger King just in case there was a chance to get in some easy miles before the rain. Digger was there but not dressed for riding so we sat inside and talked till Tax Man arrived. Papillon stopped by on his way home and asked about his new name. But by 8:30 am only Tax Man and I were heading down Gilmore to Acacia to start our free ride west. We were accosted by wind right out of the box and made our way to Kirby before heading south and moving through the housing tract to Johnston. Tax Man pulled us to Sanderson and then down to Wentworth. He was still pulling by the time we made it past the airport and back onto Stetson. He was still in the lead when we got to Warren and I took us to California. I gave up the lead as we rolled around the corner onto Stowe and we took turns leading to Winchester Farms.

We didn’t need much of a break on Winchester and so we headed for Simpson to go north to Leon. After fighting the wind all morning we still had it in our face as we moved south on Winchester. We had to take turns once we headed west again and the intervals kept getting shorter. Finally we made it to Leon and headed north to the Dump Road. The ride back east was much easier even if there was a drop now and then falling from the sky. We finally made it back to Winchester and I pulled us to Stowe once more.

We didn’t need a break this time and so we made for California with a slight breeze at our back. I took us to California and then Down to Stetson. Tax Man took us on Stetson past Warren and then back to the airport. I got us to Sanderson and Tax Man got us to Acacia. We then decided to stop at Hemet Cycle to visit with Robert before heading for home and a hot shower. It wasn’t a long ride but it got the blood flowing and maybe worked some of the Lactic Acid out of my legs. It never did rain real hard but maybe it was a good day to stay home and drink coffee.