...Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men so Often Go Awry...

6:00AM:Mr S. lays in bed thinking "today, I will do a century!"
6:05AM:... looks at the radar and says "Ugh! I'll be doing well to get 40"
6:15AM:...decides he'll start to the Northwest so the storm will be at his back on the return
6:20AM:...goes outside and feels the strong wind from the Southeast...thinks "don't want to be running from a storm with the wind in my face..."
6:21AM:...embarks on a ride to the Southeast, planning to go a generally easterly route
7:00AM:...at mile 12, encounters a closed road at a major highway crossing. No good/safe alternative. "OK, now I'll go west instead."
8:15AM:...feels the first rain drop...thinks "hmmm, so much for 40...30 is good!"
8:30AM:...sees a beautiful bolt of lightening...1 mississippi 2 mississippi 3 mississippi 4 mississippi BANG! "oh, that was close...better ride faster!"
8:40AM:...I'm home...31 miles at 17.8mph