who turned the wind on?

[DeniseGoldberg]

Wow - I just got back from a somewhat scary ride. I couldn't skip riding - no riding for two weeks this early in the season hurts, and the roads were dry. But the wind! I was almost blown off the road a few times, but the really scary thing were the branches flying off of trees.

I expected the leaves to be flying, and they were. I didn't expect whole branches to be falling off of the trees though. I was able to dodge all but one of them, and that one dropped right in front of my wheel. Luckily it was of a size that I could ride over it. I hate to even think about what would happen if one of them had landed on my helmeted head! After the one that hit right in front of me, I cut my ride short (bummer, only 25 miles today...) and headed for home by the most direct route!

Anyone else out there today?

--- Denise