Your Sunny Day

[yellow]

Oh, do tell me that the sun is shining SOMEWHERE out there. Tell me about your blue skies, not-too-hot-not-too-cold, the fact that you have to wear sunglasses outside, there is actually some sun for your sunscreen to screen...

My bike to work week goal is SHOT! Maybe tomorrow. The weather guys (who predicted "partly cloudy" today) say only 10% chance of rain. I don't think it's EVER going to stop.

I realize, however, that this is my fault because I (1) put my summer patio furniture out and (2) switched out my "shorts and tanktops" and "sweaters and long sleeve Ts" shelves.

[Steph_in_TX]

Do you really want to hear what a nice, sunny (but very windy), just about getting too hot, but not quite there yet ride I had this morning? And the oh-so-lovely tan lines I've already established because I actually forgot my sunscreen last Saturday and burned my shoulders to a crisp? I didn't think you would... ;)

Sending some nice weather wishes your way...

[yellow]

Do you really want to hear what a nice, sunny (but very windy), just about getting too hot, but not quite there yet ride I had this morning? And the oh-so-lovely tan lines I've already established because I actually forgot my sunscreen last Saturday and burned my shoulders to a crisp?

YES!!!!

(though I'm sorry about the sunburn. shoulders always seem to take it, and the tops of knees)

Up until last week I could be heard saying "You know, I find that I really don't mind the weather this spring."

It was the OTHER yellow speaking, I'm sure of it.

[MomOnBike]

Warm and sunny in Lincoln, Nebraska. Of course, I have stuff that absolutely needs to be done inside today. :mad:

You might try going out for a short ride, just to let the weather gods know that they can't intimidate the likes of you. It works.....eventually. :rolleyes:

[Grog]

Sunny and warm-ish in Montreal, Quebec. I'm logging off work to hop on my bike!

[wabisabi]

Well, after months of rain, including ALL day yesterday, I can actually see some blue sky out here on the N. Ca. coast, so here's hoping it is headed your way. Supposed to actually be warm and sunny this weekend.

[SadieKate]

I wonder if the silence from Kim and V is not a good sign. They're directly in our weather path. :( Please tell us good stuff. I can see a patch of blue sky again.

OK, a good thing -- I can see one of those huge rust-colored dragonflies outside my window. They are a harbinger of summer for me. I feel much better now. :) :) :)

[skibum]

It's been sunny and warm so far this week here in Atlanta. I rode after work on Mon & Wed. The forecast for this afternoon is for scattered showers. Right now, it's sunny and 80 in my part of town and the radar looks pretty clear so I'm crossing my fingers for a ride tonight too.

[Waverly]

I am in Gainesville Georgia north of Atlanta and it has been very nice lately. It did rain out my ride Sunday. I have been having horrible allergies this season though so I have to dope myself with Allegra or something before I leave on a ride and I curse everyone cutting there grass as I pass by!

Jess :p

[Biking Chick]

I'm hoping Nuthatch will post that there is sun in her corner of the world. It would make my day to know that there truly is sunshine somewhere close to my neighborhood. We've endured a week of below normal temperatures - wind and clouds. I'm starting to lose my sense of humor not to mention the fact that my weather triggered migraines have been niggling their way into my world ...

There - I feel so much better for venting!

Thanks ladies :D

[CorsairMac]

remember me?...the one that lives in New Mexico the Land of Enchantment??...where yes, it's gorgeous, sunny, not a cloud in the sky - even the moutains have a slight blue tinge to them today. My lunchtime ride it was 81 with winds NNW @ 7. The predicted high today is supposed to be 95 but ya know our humidity is well...in the single digits most days!

Am I helping any hun?? ;)

[snapdragen]

It's not all your fault yellow, I got my car detailed last weekend. I'm sure that is the reason it drizzled incessantly today!

But the good news is - I see blue sky this afternoon, with some of those big fluffy white cloulds. Weather Underground says clear and warm this weekend for both our areas. :D :D

[yellow]

Thanks, guys. Your sunny descriptions cheered me up! This nationwide weather report is way cool.

(I just ran into a friend/coworker in the hall and she got this big grin on her face and said "If it doesn't quit raining soon, I'm going to go out on the roof and start shooting people." Glad to know it's not just me! This is Kalifornia for crissakes!)

I believe the sky is a lighter shade of gray this afternoon! :)

[yellow]

I am in Gainesville Georgia north of Atlanta and it has been very nice lately. It did rain out my ride Sunday. I have been having horrible allergies this season though so I have to dope myself with Allegra or something before I leave on a ride and I curse everyone cutting there grass as I pass by!

Hey, y'know, when mine were acting up a few months back I thought those allergy meds were affecting my performance, as in having a "positive" effect. Hmmmmm...maybe there is something to this performance enhancing substance thing. But then of course I think of Red Bull and Crank e-gel as performance enhancing substances as well, at least for me!

[nuthatch]

I'm hoping Nuthatch will post that there is sun in her corner of the world. It would make my day to know that there truly is sunshine somewhere close to my neighborhood. We've endured a week of below normal temperatures - wind and clouds. I'm starting to lose my sense of humor not to mention the fact that my weather triggered migraines have been niggling their way into my world ...

There - I feel so much better for venting!

Thanks ladies :D

Boohoo! T-storms today, as you probably guessed! But we had lovely weather earlier this week - and Saturday looks fine (so far). We need the moisture down here. Every rain storm this spring has mysteriously divided like the Red Sea around the Chicago area and we are bone dry.

Those weather headaches are a pain in the booty - I almost fell over today with all the head pressure - it makes you feel all woozy and you can't think in a straight line either! :mad: But migraines - ugg, that's got to be the worst.

We've had alot of grey, cold weather just like you and I guess most of the Cali girls - it's mighty discouraging and anyone even slightly prone to SAD (like me) feels like getting in the bed and pulling the covers over their heads!!! And that April warm/dry spell was just a teaser!

[Biking Chick]

We've had alot of grey, cold weather just like you and I guess most of the Cali girls - it's mighty discouraging and anyone even slightly prone to SAD (like me) feels like getting in the bed and pulling the covers over their heads!!! And that April warm/dry spell was just a teaser!

Nuts ... I was hoping you were having nice(er) weather. Looks like we need to make a road trip to the Land of Enchantment!!

Saturday is looking decent here as well - keeping my fingers crossed.

With all the rain we've been having the last three days everything is an incrediable shade of green. With the mist, low clouds and beautiful green I can pretend I'm in Scotland :)

Cindy in WI
:::wishing I were roaming in the gloaming:::

[nuthatch]

Yeah, why is that misty cool weather so much more enjoyable in Scotland? I guess because if we were there we'd be having wee drams o' whiskey and lots of vacation dollars to spend with the prospect of the sunny ol' USA to return to in about two weeks! That, and they have castles. Castles make up for alot of yucky weather.

Land of enchantment....ahhh! We could all use some baking desert heat about right now, Corsair! Can you help??? :D

[cruziegirl]

Well, today it rained but tomorrow it is supposed to be warm and sunny and the forecast for the next 10 days is the same. My sister and I are going down to the Salinas Valley on Saturday for a ride and they're saying it should be sunny and in the 80's. I hope your weather gets better - nothing is more irritating than wanting to ride but having wretched weather.

[yellow]

Alert Alert!

It's not raining this morning, only drearily cloudy. Hope it'll hold out for my ride to work.

I know what the weather guys say, but I won't believe a sun exists until I see it (though I did see it peek through for about 5 minutes yesterday evening--that must be the "sun" SK heard was coming. I managed to get a 14 mile ride in with only minor sprinkles and wetness).

In the meantime I'm on TravelZoo-dot-com looking for cheap tickets to go and visit Corsair or maybe skibum (I've never been to Atlanta and would love to go)!

y

[SadieKate]

Not a cloud to be seen in Davis. :D :D :D :D :) :) :D :D :D :p :p :p

Edited: I love the new avatar! Not that the other wasn't awfully cute also. Labs are so photogenic (and, of course, their pets).

[effulgent]

It's been very pretty down here in Dallas, TX. Mid-80's in the afternoon, with a nice breeze.

OF course, the weather guy says it's going to be a high of 96 tomorrow and 99 on Sunday. Guess I'll ride early those days. I'm so excited about riding this weekend!

And can I just say this ... why didn't anyone TELL me how COOL that cycling is?!?!? And how great it feels?? How dare these people keep this great truth from me! I wish I had started years ago.

[bikerHen]

Hey - Thanks all you No. California girls for pushing your rain north! :D Had my beautiful morning ride cut short by daughters fall yesterday. :( The rain started last night, it's just pouring and hasn't stopped yet! Hope it will all blow through by tomorrow. Heads up Canada, it's coming your way next! bikerHen

[SadieKate]

You know what is weird? I just spoke to Hubba Bubba in Salt Lake City and he said it was sunny and 88 there yesterday. Since when does SLC get warm before Sacatomatoland?

Bikerhen - aren't you guys in a world of hurt due to drought? Besides, I want those trails in Bend in tip top world-class gummy shape next week. :p

We're actually in flood watch in NO CA because of the heavy snow pack, late rains and suddenly warm weather. Can't believe I'm saying this, but we need the rains to stop for a bit.

[yellow]

I love the new avatar! Not that the other wasn't awfully cute also. Labs are so photogenic (and, of course, their pets).

Ah, we were both so much younger then. Notice all the hair on my head. THAT I don't miss!

[CorsairMac]

I've got allergy wipes for the cats and 2 rooms I can shut off for anyone with cat allergies. I have bed space for 11 people and plenty of floor space, got a sweeet 32+ mile ride right on the Rio Grande and we could take a day, drive up to Santa Fe and run around like teenagers! Ya'll can even bring your dogs, enclosed back yard with a dog door......heck bring your cats - I would never know. I've got plenty of garage space for all the bikes and a couple of racks!

Today:

Fair
90°F
Feels Like
86°F
Updated May 20 02:25 p.m. MT

UV Index: 8 Very High
Wind: From WNW at 11 mph
Humidity: 13%
Pressure: 29.77 in.
Dew Point: 32°F
Visibility: 10.0 miles

There ya go! Doors open!

[SadieKate]

Is it sunny up there yet? It's windy enough down here that it should have pushed the clouds out. So, I think I'll go home and climb our invisible hills.

S

[skibum]

In the meantime I'm on TravelZoo-dot-com looking for cheap tickets to go and visit Corsair or maybe skibum (I've never been to Atlanta and would love to go)!


You're welcome to come to Atlanta any time! Although I warn you, we're about to hit that hot & humid time of the year. It won't keep me from riding but I'll be jealous of those of you that get much more pleasant temps in the summertime.

[Steph_in_TX]

Ok, I think today if officially became hot. Plus, we are already starting our ozone alert days...gotta stick to morning riding now for sure!

[JanT]

Sunny and "warm" in Phoenix! Summer has arrived, and we got out of school just in time. With school out, I can get up at the crack of dawn and head out when the temperature is only 85.

[RoadRaven]

After five days of warm early winter rain - we have a brilliant day here, with more rain forecast for tomorrow, so nhave been stuck inside on the trainer listening to Indigo Girls, U2 and George Thorogood... It was great to get outside on the bike today

[nuthatch]

Woohoo!!! Sunny and 70 here in Chicagoland today - I'm off to ride a practice run of the MS150 route!! Rain will be back tonight so I'm gonna make hay while the sun shines! :)

[Biking Chick]

Woohoo!!! Sunny and 70 here in Chicagoland today - I'm off to ride a practice run of the MS150 route!! Rain will be back tonight so I'm gonna make hay while the sun shines! :)
Ride a few miles for me Nuthatch - we're enjoying a week-up 'up north' with son's #1 & #2 and 7 dogs! Will be doing a bit of spring clean-up such as mowing the lawn, cutting brush from around a couple of the apple trees and plowing, disking and picking rock on a couple of new food plots for the wildlife. Hopefully getting projects completed this week-end will allow us some fun time over the holiday week-end. Especially since our favorite ice cream shop opens next week-end. I'm dreaming of almond joy ice cream ...

[Waverly]

Hey, y'know, when mine were acting up a few months back I thought those allergy meds were affecting my performance, as in having a "positive" effect. Hmmmmm...maybe there is something to this performance enhancing substance thing. But then of course I think of Red Bull and Crank e-gel as performance enhancing substances as well, at least for me!

If I drank a red bull I would probably not sleep for two days. I have actually had co workers cut me off and not allow me to drink anymore Mountain Dews because I get so wired :eek: . I don't know if the allegra is helping other than my allergies though!

Jess

Sunny days are here again! (well not actually but thinking positive always helps)

[Waverly]

Yeah, why is that misty cool weather so much more enjoyable in Scotland? I guess because if we were there we'd be having wee drams o' whiskey and lots of vacation dollars to spend with the prospect of the sunny ol' USA to return to in about two weeks! That, and they have castles. Castles make up for alot of yucky weather.

Land of enchantment....ahhh! We could all use some baking desert heat about right now, Corsair! Can you help??? :D

Castles make up for a lot of yucky anything! I would love to live someplace like that - though I have always wondered how I would take the weather there. Maybe there rain and mist is somehow different. It is to be expected so isn't as bad?

Jess

[nuthatch]

Well, our flawlessly sunny day didn't turn out quite so sunny but it was really nice to have warm, dry weather to ride!

My ride partner and I had loni0908k along with us for the ride! It was sooo cool to actually meet one of the TE members in person. And we all survived our 75+ mile ride (a first for all of us). Now we just have to do it two days in a row next month. Are there enough aspirins and energy bars in the world to do the job?


Especially since our favorite ice cream shop opens next week-end. I'm dreaming of almond joy ice cream ...

Almond joy ice cream? MMMMMM!! How many miles do I have to ride to get a scoop of that as a reward, BC?

[Biking Chick]

After five days of warm early winter rain - we have a brilliant day here, with more rain forecast for tomorrow, so nhave been stuck inside on the trainer listening to Indigo Girls, U2 and George Thorogood... It was great to get outside on the bike today

Another U2 Fan!!! In case anyone is wondering ... after two days of normal temps we are back to the cool, misty weather that has a bit of a stiff breeze mixed in for good measure.

Looks like I'm back to castles and wee drams ... for any of you ladies who enjoy celtic music check out Steve McDonald's cd's. Great for trainer tunes :)

[Biking Chick]

Almond joy ice cream? MMMMMM!! How many miles do I have to ride to get a scoop of that as a reward, BC?

Nuthatch ... it is so sinful (one of those ice creams that probably has 38% butterfat) ... my theory is any amount of biking time spent working off Almond Joy ice cream (from the ice cream shop in Elcho, WI) is better than sitting around thinking how good that second scoop was!

Awesome on the week-end ride! I hope those of us who reside in the midwest can pick a date/time for a TE members ride.

Since you survived the 75+ mile ride I know you can definatley 'bank that ride' towards almond joy ice cream.

Cindy
Feeling so much better having confessed to that double scoop

[Surlygirl]

Hey Yellow, cheer up, you could live in the Northeast.
The weather page for those of us in Massachusetts says rain or showers for the next 8 days. And its cold!!! :mad: It feels more like March here than May. This has been the coldest, wettest spring I can remember in a long time.
I just had to post because I know CorsairMac will come back and tell me how gorgeous it is where she is.

[SadieKate]

Yellow, you get enough sun yesterday? With my sunscreen applier and official nag out of state, I rode 105 miles in 3 days without any. I am officially fried. Just visited Jason at the shop (took him my bike for shipping) and he sold me some Kinesys 30 Kids' formula (no adult stuff for me).

V, I decided to forego REI as Oregon and no sales tax are in my very near future.

[Veronica]

Did you get the spray on kind?

V - aka Princess Zippy formerly known as the Bag lady.

[SadieKate]

Did you get the spray on kind? Oh, yeah, per the royal command. :p

[Veronica]

It's good to be in charge. :D

V.

[SadieKate]

You a Mel Brooks fan?

[CorsairMac]

Went MTB'ng Sat with Snowtulip and a friend of hers and let me tell ya'll....they are the descent Queens!! This was Nothing like the first ride I went on with Snow, and I didn't want it to end. There was a rock drop that I absolutely was Not going to try this time - it was just a tad bit more than my mind could handle after everything they threw at me!....but I did a stream crossing, caught some Awesome air on some bumps, and went endo in slow motion!! wheeeeee
Sun I did a self-supported 54 mile road ride in the late afternoon and had a blast. Got all whiney between mile 24-30 and then had to laugh at myself coz it wasn't like anyone had MADE me do this ride!! soo all n all an awesome weekend
Surly: yuppers you got it....the temps were in the high 90s both days with the humidity in the low teens. And MTB'ng in the mountains here is just amazing......it feeds my hiking and my biking needs all at the same time and gets me into the mountains!!

[Surlygirl]

See CorsairMac, I knew you wouldn't disappoint me! I may have to drag the indoor trainer out again if this keeps up. Glad you're having so much fun. I'll live vicariously through you.

[smurfalicious]

V, I decided to forego REI as Oregon and no sales tax are in my very near future.

Hunny, no sales tax and the Pearl Izumi outlet store! Yeah baby!

So my sunny day? A little cool, occasionally windy, but sunny enough that I have a sunburn on the part in my hair where my helmet has a vent. Oh well, pigtails do prevent helmet hair. Had a great rolly polly ride through Sisters, whizzing along with the road not too far from the trail, feeling bad for all the poor people stuck in their cars, not having half as much fun as me. Okay, not as bad for the people driving home the the Pickett's Charge stage race. :p

Spring is having a hard time here, probably because we got winter off. Bah!

love and cookies
-smurf

[SadieKate]

I am so bummed that the LLBean outlet store closed.

However, how's that little jump off the canal bank on the Sisters' loop? Wheeeee!

[smurfalicious]

I am so bummed that the LLBean outlet store closed.

However, how's that little jump off the canal bank on the Sisters' loop? Wheeeee!

Yeah, that did break my heart, even when they were jerks about returning a shirt the pilled like crazy. Hello, it was layered under a fleece, with no zipper don't even blame my backpack LL Bean boy!

The whoops at the bottom of the Sisters loop? Oh, you mean the big boy. I actually rode the Suttle Tie Trail the other day. I love the whoop, but ever since my huge old hematoma incident, search the forum for hematoma, you'll find it, I'm leary. I love them, really I do, but I kind of love them too much and hurt muhself.

[Veronica]

I've never had difficulty returning things to Bean - even stuff that I've neglected to return for a year or more.

V.

[SadieKate]

This was a true outlet store. I could get Smartwool gloves and fleece socks for about $3 a pair. They had all the pefectly good stuff that people return because of things such as not liking the color. And good prices on their boat totes. It wasn't like the "outlet" stores of today that are just a front for selling the brand.

[Veronica]

Wow, so Sarah, you could have some of my returned stuff. :eek:

V.

[SadieKate]

:eek: :p :eek: :D :D