SG, no BIAK AND a new cold--that's just rude. Hope you had tea.
It's doing it again, folks. Ice pellets. Snow. Sleet. All at once. Hope my spouse is doing okay. His ride may be mostly out of the Convergence Zone so maybe he's not getting this stuff. I am warm and sweaty inside after spending some quality time with the Uphill Grind.
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04-19-2008, 10:34 AM #1
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04-19-2008, 01:09 PM #2
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Went to the bank, it was snowing.
Left the bank, it was sunny.
The snow at my apartment is melting like crazy."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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04-19-2008, 02:02 PM #3
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11:00 am just west of Victoria. Missed my place (and other areas seemingly at random) completely, dumped heavily on others. Bottom pic is just one kilometer from my greem and snowless home.
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04-19-2008, 02:46 PM #4
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Salsa, was Mr. Salsa able to avoid most of the yuckier stuff?
Popokui_Nui, those pictures are very nice. It just doesn't seem like it's April though.
We've been getting a combination of hail/rain/freezing rain off and on all day. Now we're getting some very scary sounding thunder! Normally I don't mind thunder or lighting(Very pretty!), but the way the weather has been lately....
Couple of minutes later:
ETA:Oh my! The clouds are suddenly thinning and I see some blue sky!Last edited by sgtiger; 04-19-2008 at 02:49 PM.
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04-19-2008, 03:00 PM #5
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Isn't it just NUTS?
They did a shorter ride than planned, about 35 miles and 2100 feet of climbing. He says he got precipitated on, in one form or another, probably a third of the time. Apparently having ice pellets blasting you while you're going downhill is really unpleasant. But he's home and warm and happy he went.
Yup. Sun. Blue sky. Thunder. More ice pellets. Goofy."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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04-19-2008, 03:05 PM #6
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SKnot is sick, or I'd leave him home alone and go for a ride on my Surly in this wild stuff.
My bike is calling out to me... and I need to do a Costco run... and the weather is nuts.... put it all together and it's the siren-song of the Surly!"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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04-19-2008, 05:19 PM #7
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I feel really naughty, BUT.....................
WE DIDN'T GET THE RAIN, WIND, OR SNOW THAT WAS FORECAST!!!!!
I WENT ON A 40 MILE BIKE RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was sunny and beautiful.
Now, so that you feel better and I don't feel so naughty, I wrecked
I am okay - just some beautiful road rash and a huge case of ego - embarrasment - the wreck had a witness - a friend! Bad enough that my friend had to witness me in spandex, but then to see me fall.............
X1,000.
Thanks, everyone, for keeping the bad weather in your backyard. I will take my turn with it tomorrow so you can have some fun!!
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