Sunday, May 18, 2008

back in amurika

Praise the powers that be. I'm back in America. Land of WalMarts every 50 yards and cheap gas. Well, everything's relative.

Brutally windy day yesterday. No resting or relaxing the whole day. My neck and shoulders are still killing me.

Woke up to a wet bike. Made it easy to clean the bug carcasses off the windscreen but no rain while i was riding for the most part. Just lots of dark sky.

Started the day with really nice terrain but couldn't figure out why it was so dang windy and cold. Then I finally noticed that I had riding along the shore of Lake Huron. Just couldnt see it through the trees.

Wind didn't let up all day. Probably the worst i've ridden in. Mostly just annoying but some gusts were downright puckering. It would push me right across the wholw lane and it's just a two lane road for the most part. Had to go slower than normal. Getting hit with one of those gusts at 45 was much more bearable than at 65.

Down to chicago today as soon as I have some brefus.

1 comment:

Phil Fukushima said...

Aloha Paul, Sorry to hear about the bad weather. Just to let you know that we are in Seattle and the weather is picture perfect sunny and in the mid 80's. Anyway hope the trip goes well and once you get to Seattle you can enjoy the same.

Aloha Phil, Elaine, & Liz