Woke up middle-aged, 45 pounds overweight, and looking for my bicycles!

[mimitabby]

hey Teigyr, what state did you move to that it rained a lot in?

[Trek420]

hey Teigyr, what state did you move to that it rained a lot in?

Whadya mean it rains a lot there?

[teigyr]

Whadya mean it rains a lot there?

I know! I was shocked. I guess I never really thought about how it got so green!

Seriously, I was of the "but I love rain!" sort keeping in mind I was used to Southern Calif rain. Dealing with the 'Fall/Winter/Spring Rain Season' takes some getting used to Oh and sometimes we get the 'It's summer, let it rain!' also.

[Trek420]

I know! I was shocked. I guess I never really thought about how it got so green!

Seriously, I was of the "but I love rain!" sort keeping in mind I was used to Southern Calif rain. Dealing with the 'Fall/Winter/Spring Rain Season' takes some getting used to Oh and sometimes we get the 'It's summer, let it rain!' also.

Now I'm going to have to double check the weather reports with you I keep hearing "oh, it's a beautiful day here today".

I thought you just watered the plants a lot more there

Give me my brown hills Can you believe it's almost November? It makes me appreciate that brief time when the hills are brilliant green and covered in wildflowers.

And they say we don't have seasons in CA

[ibcycling]

Whadya mean it rains a lot there?

I was kinda wondering the same thing. Doesn't rain much at all here!

Lora

[deedolce]

Jayjay,
Welcome! I loved hearing about your 'competitive' thinking - and getting back on a bike will make it come back to you, and it' s a great motivator! Especially when , after time, you start passing other riders after having everyone pass you! (I'm just getting to that point!) I love the feeling of being 'all that' when I get out on my bike. At least I am, compared to my invisible, polite, middle-aged mild mannered school teacher persona. ON a bike I transform into a bad-a** dynamo in lycra, racing young male roadies out of stop lights after riding 60+ miles!

It's a joy to ride a bike!

[jayjay]

... ON a bike I transform into a bad-a** dynamo in lycra, racing young male roadies out of stop lights after riding 60+ miles! ...

Deedolce, you've probably ridden in my neck of the woods, if on occasion if you ride long distances from Davis, in the Westward direction. I see lots of Davis folks on my mountian....

[elk]

I came here thinking I'd only stay for a day or 2 and almost 300 posts later I feel like I know SO much more than when I started..

but most inspiring to me is that some of the women here who I really look up to are only themselves just into the groove.

TE is a great place...even when I go riding alone, I never feel lonely...

choice? ain't it the truth.!? ..it's the whole ball game....

[sandra]

I know exactly what you mean. I thought I'd post a few times and get a little info and now 400 something posts later, I wonder what all I've said!

I've learned so much. This is a great group of women!!! It's apparent, I'm not going anywhere.

[MM_QFC!]

Whadya mean it rains a lot there?

a bit o' TD: yep, nothing but rain...poor ol' soggy, soaked, moss-between-the-toes Seattle! (I admit to good naturedly perpetuating the thinking that it rains all the time here)

I moved to the NW many years ago from a location noted for idyllic aka vacation weather - the Caribbean (after having grown up in NYC area). I've found that the rain doesn't really stop anyone from continuing to participate in whatever their favorite outdoor activity or sport is...and we don't really get harsh temps in either direction or more rainfall...but it does rain more often here and there is that 11-shades of gray factor in the winter. No place does blue and green like Seattle though, right web-footed neighbors?!!

[teigyr]

No place does blue and green like Seattle though, right web-footed neighbors?!!

Very true. And oddly enough, where I lived in California (southern, even!) had more annual rainfall. The difference is down there it was in clustered storms, in the PNW it is this constant dripping. Kinda

Actually it's not that bad. Mostly.

[blueskies]

Actually it's not that bad. Mostly.

Easy to say now. Let's talk again in February.

[teigyr]

Easy to say now. Let's talk again in February.

Yeah. I've been here 5 years or so and every year, around that time, I whine and say I want to go home back to SoCal. Periodically I would threaten to move back but since I got married up here, well, that'd be rude. I think?

[Trek420]

(I admit to good naturedly perpetuating the thinking that it rains all the time here)

I know you do that on purpose to keep us from all moving North.

[KnottedYet]

Naw, it doesn't rain here all winter... the air is just really "soft."