Near 70 this weekend???

[Susan126]

Good luck Dog and have fun! I believe Sunday's weather is supposed to be pretty nice too!

Today's weather is definitely going to be a gem! I couldn't sleep so I got up around 6:30 AM and started the coffee and turned on my laptop. Sitting here now in my kitchen looking out my window I see blue clear skies and the sun shining on my lawn and flowers. It's beautiful!

As soon as hubby and birthday girl (daughter) wake we will have breakfast and then get ready for today's ride. Joe worked on the bikes last night getting them ready. He changed his bike's and Jackie's bike's tires. Joe said that my bike's tires still seem okay. He then pumped them up then lubed the chains. The bikes are ready! I am ready! I think today will be the day to break out the shorts! Oh my goodness but my legs are WHITE! Argh! Jackie has been tanning so she looks fine. My hubby has hairy legs so you can't tell his legs are white! Me on the other hand! Well let's just say people wear your sun glasses today! Not so much for protection from the sun but from the glare of my white ugly winter legs! You've been warned!

Then tonight we are going out to dinner to celebrate Jackie's birthday. I hope my son, Jackie's brother, doesn't forget to call her! She told me not to remind him (sshhh but I did with an email this week). I tried calling him too on his cell and then on his phone in his dorm room but he hasn't been answering. I worry when he doesn't answer or return my calls! Sigh being a mom can be tough sometimes!

Well anyway have a great day everyone and ENJOY THIS GEM OF A DAY!!!!!

Anyone else doing the Daffodil Classic tommorrow?

Sue

[Grog]

Reporting gorgeous weather up her too!

I can't wait to go on a bike ride... but I will need to wait until 10:30, 'cause I have a group run first!!

[salsabike]

Yeeha! Maybe we'll see you around the lake, Mimi--we're doing the north lake loop today. I see nothing but sun and blue sky out there!

[GuitarRiderGrrl]

Ooooooooh I want to put yesterday in a bottle! Rode up around the Sammamish plateau, and the lake.......... OMG it was nice!! This weeks commute is supposed to be back to poopy ~ although it does make the slugs happy

Oh, Mary, could you let me know more about the ride on the 19th? I didn't see anything posted about it here.

Taa' dahlinks
Cyn

[MM_QFC!]

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Oh, Mary, could you let me know more about the ride on the 19th? I didn't see anything posted about it here.

Taa' dahlinks
Cyn

Hi Cyn,

It's the Mt Vernon - La Conner loop posted for this Sat, 4/19. It's a flat ride, about 32 miles, looping around Fir Island, with a stop in La Conner, hoping that the tulips will be blooming and some daffodil fields will still be full of color too.
I'm certainly hoping the weather turns around for it! I'll keep an eye on the weather and post more here, but if you're interested, PM me and I can share directions, more info with you, ok?
Mary

[GuitarRiderGrrl]

Good luck Dog and have fun! I believe Sunday's weather is supposed to be pretty nice too!

Today's weather is definitely going to be a gem! I couldn't sleep so I got up around 6:30 AM and started the coffee and turned on my laptop. Sitting here now in my kitchen looking out my window I see blue clear skies and the sun shining on my lawn and flowers. It's beautiful!

As soon as hubby and birthday girl (daughter) wake we will have breakfast and then get ready for today's ride. Joe worked on the bikes last night getting them ready. He changed his bike's and Jackie's bike's tires. Joe said that my bike's tires still seem okay. He then pumped them up then lubed the chains. The bikes are ready! I am ready! I think today will be the day to break out the shorts! Oh my goodness but my legs are WHITE! Argh! Jackie has been tanning so she looks fine. My hubby has hairy legs so you can't tell his legs are white! Me on the other hand! Well let's just say people wear your sun glasses today! Not so much for protection from the sun but from the glare of my white ugly winter legs! You've been warned!

Then tonight we are going out to dinner to celebrate Jackie's birthday. I hope my son, Jackie's brother, doesn't forget to call her! She told me not to remind him (sshhh but I did with an email this week). I tried calling him too on his cell and then on his phone in his dorm room but he hasn't been answering. I worry when he doesn't answer or return my calls! Sigh being a mom can be tough sometimes!

Well anyway have a great day everyone and ENJOY THIS GEM OF A DAY!!!!!

Anyone else doing the Daffodil Classic tommorrow?

Sue

Tooo funny Sue!

Northwesterners on the first sunny day of the season can be a very "luminous" (read highly reflective pasty white) sight to see.

~ Cyn

[Susan126]

Tooo funny Sue!

Northwesterners on the first sunny day of the season can be a very "luminous" (read highly reflective pasty white) sight to see.

~ Cyn

Cyn,

I've lost some of my luminosity over the weekend! I'm not quite so reflective now! It's amazing what one ride on a sunny day can do for washed out white legs! I hope more sunny days are in our forecast so that I can increase my tan. But right now our weather is back to the same old gray, cloudy, overcast days again. That one sunny day may count for nothing after a week! Sigh . . . the price for living here I guess!

Wishing for sunshine . . . Sue

[cyclinnewbie]

Tooo funny Sue!

Northwesterners on the first sunny day of the season can be a very "luminous" (read highly reflective pasty white) sight to see.

~ Cyn

Ohhhhhhhhh lololol Cyn...that made me LAUGH!! My mom always says that she always wanted a peaches and cream complexion, but since she lives in Wa state, she's more blueberries and nonfat milk....she's so white she's got this bluish cast to her.

We are a very luminous bunch, aren't we?

[salsabike]

ack. nice weather we're having.

[mimitabby]

yeah. and saturday is supposed to be cold and rainy.

[Susan126]

I am so disgusted with our weather lately. I have been reading posts at Bike Journal, specifically the "2008: Pictures From a Recent Ride" thread and when I see glorious sunny warm weather with cyclists in shorts it's quite disheartening! To me at least! Especially those California and Texas pictures! Oh I did enjoy Raleighdon and son on old bike in Eagle, ID 1979 and again in Seattle 1980. He's right time does fly! I remember doing the same with my two kids. When Joe was stationed in Alaska, Fort Wainwright which is near Fairbanks, I would cycle all summer long. Just Jackie and me while Joe flew and played army (Aaron wasn't born yet) anyway we would cycle all over the post! Those 24 hour day long days! Wonderful! She and I had a great summer cycling together. She doesn't remember her being only a little over a year old. Maybe that's why she loves to cycle?!

At this rate I doubt I will be ready to ride the RAMROD on July 31st. My longest ride has only been 64 miles. A long way from 154!

Sigh sigh sigh . . .

Sue

[MM_QFC!]

Did you get to ride the Daffodil on Sunday, Sue? Hope you missed the rain, if you did...
Mary