Need Good Weather Vibes....

[Crankin]

From what I last saw, the storm is turning away from the coast. We REALLY need the rain here, too. On Labor Day the conservation land by my house caught on fire and it took them until the middle of the night to figure out where it was burning to put it out. I've enjoyed the sunny days, but we need rain!
Emily, your boat sounds wonderful.

[emily_in_nc]

Did you get to ride on Sunday, CA and other NC MS150 folks?

We ended up heading down to our boat (not too far outside of New Bern but farther east, just east of Oriental) on Saturday to prepare it for Gabrielle. As it turned out, the storm was nothing at all in Oriental, less than an inch of rain, no wind higher than 25 mph. It was mostly just showers off and on, then by the time we left at 3 pm Sunday, the sun was out, and there was just a light west breeze. Sounds like Atlantic Beach, Morehead City, and Cape Lookout got hit the worst, with up to 50 mph winds and 5" of rain, but we had it very, very easy. Whew!

We figured the organizers would cancel the MS150 for Sunday given the forecast, but we saw several cars with bike racks loaded down heading out of New Bern the same time we were leaving, so that made us think that the ride had been on after all. We also saw many cyclists riding on Hwy 55 on our way into town the day before, which was neat.

Hope it was a great ride!

Emily

[Blueberry]

Emily-

Just posted a ride report under it's own thread! We had lots of wind and rain, and they canceled all but the 30. An adventure to be sure

Hope the other TE'ers who were riding made it safely (and I'm crossing my fingers for good weather for the Tour de Tanglewood riders!!).

CA