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08-22-2007, 08:25 AM #1
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08-22-2007, 09:48 AM #2
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Yes, our solid, gray, continual cloud cover.
Originally Posted by mimitabby
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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08-22-2007, 09:50 AM #3
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no, there are MUCH worse things than our grey skies.
How about 100 degrees every day for weeks? ugh.
I'll take this weather ANY time. you can go riding in grey
but can you go riding in Thunderstorm weather? or tornado weather?
or 30mph prevailing winds
or 100 deg and 80% humidity??
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08-22-2007, 10:33 AM #4
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I'm willing to admit there is worse. I also have lived where it was far better! Originally Posted by mimitabby
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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08-22-2007, 11:33 AM #5
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(just back from my lunchtime walk)
WHERE is it better? It is SOOO BEAUTIFUL out there today!
where could it possibly be better than this?
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08-22-2007, 12:16 PM #6
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Well, this is the thing. There are a handful of days each year when it is SO great here that nowhere could possibly be better. But, if a person likes sunshine (actual sunshine, the kind that throws shadows and all), and likes hot, dry weather in the summer (85-100 degrees) and cold dry weather in the winter, including SNOW (10-25 degrees)...well, a lot of inland areas fill the bill. Originally Posted by mimitabby
I do love it here in many ways. However, I do really miss actual HOT weather in the summer, and actual cold SNOW all winter. And, I miss low humidity like you get inland, and in the Rockies, and the desert."The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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08-22-2007, 12:44 PM #7
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Like Winthrop Starfish. I love it there! Have you ever been? It's beautiful with hot summers, cold winters, and practically zero humidity.
And falls! To die for!
Bend, Oregon is another favorite place of mine. Oh and there's Missoula, Montana too.
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08-22-2007, 10:00 AM #8
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Or our weeks of gloom and rain in November not to mention wind storms that knock out power for days . . . weeks! Fallen trees, debris . . . let's hope this winter will be a nice one. I think we deserve a nice winter after our wet summer! Add nice fall to that too!
It's pretty humid right now but no precip! And the sun is trying! I may have to go for a ride this afternoon. You gals that ride in the rain are hard core bad a#%es! I'm a big gutless chicken when the pavement is wet. But I can blame this fear on a bad accident 5 years ago while riding in the rain. I've never gotten over that crash.
I'll never forget the year when hubby and I did the TOSRV-West (double century from Missoula, Montana to Big Fish, Montana and back) in 2003. The last 30 miles of day one it started to rain and I was a nervous wreck. If it weren't for my hubby I would have been crying on the side of the road waiting for the rain to stop and the roads to dry. But he stayed right by my side with encouraging words.
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08-22-2007, 10:32 AM #9
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