Wednesday was a fine day for a bike ride. Started out with mild winds and temps in the low 80's. Heading south I noticed a storm cloud in my path. I had four choices. First do I take shelter until the rain passes?. Second do I attempt to out run the rain? Third, do I attempt to "skirt" around the storm? or Fourth continue to ride through it? Of course I choose to ride through it. I have done that many times. It reminded me of the time I rode across the Mohave desert and the temperature was 110 degrees. People reminded me it was a "dry" heat which meant it was really not 110 degrees. So riding through the rain I would like to remind people, with certainty, it was a "wet" rain and I got wet. There you have it. The above picture is my destination when I do the two day ride to Glen Ellyn Il. Near hear is the Prairie Trail. I rode a 20 miler and had to remind myself it is mostly gravel with a high amount of walking traffic and rookie bikers. That takes an adjustment to my normal riding terrain but it was well worth the ride. I was the only one with a bell to remind others I would be passing them. Faster bikers just zoomed by without so much of a "on your left". Again, I needed to remind myself to adjust to this environment. But all in all it was good. More later!
