Tired of the heat!!!!

[Kano]

Pooks -- yup, it tends to cool down a lot! 10:30 at night it may still be in the 80's but by morning, it's pretty much always below 70. On the other hand, when we get a 40+ degree change during the day, it heats up pretty quickly when the sun comes up! Once we hit 90 or so, though, things slow down, since there's usually not much more than 10-15 degrees to go!

That blow dryer effect, though -- it's amazing! Hot as can be, but it also DRIES us as we ride! I get a kick out of DH: he says he never starts sweating until we stop riding! A neat side effect of this dry heat is that much as I hate being hot, my body seems to love this climate for riding! Muscles and joints seem to really appreciate an afternoon ride, and I spend much less time "warming up" at the beginning of the ride!

Karen in Boise

[pooks]

Um, now that you mention it -- I don't warm up. I just hop on.

[Kano]

Me too, Pooks -- but those first couple of miles, my parts are loosening up, my lungs are just waking up and starting to breathe, etc....

In fact, I think the first three miles are the hardest of any ride for me! DH thinks it's the last ones, but I just slow down on those -- I still feel great!

(DH likes to go early, and I'm not a morning person!)

Karen in Boise

[pooks]

If it were really cool in the mornings, I'd be out the door in a heartbeat. But when it's in the upper 80s anyway, like this morning, I figured I needed sleep more than I needed to ride, and so now am still working myself up to ride!

[MomOnBike]

Miserable here, too.

My semi-regular (bicycle) lunch date had to be moved to breakfast, 'cause I was morally certain that I'd melt on the way to lunch.

Help! I'm melllttiiiinnng!

[bentforlife]

Yes Mimitabby, we do get good riding weather later in the year. but N. TX can have treacherous ice storms at times. Very little snow to have to worry about. Most of the fall, winter and spring brings good riding weather.

As far as the lawn, we really like the grass and it is very heat tolerant. I'm afraid cactus would not do well in the black clay they call soil here(Texas gumbo). We are on watering restrictions but have been able to keep everything alive, including the 40foot Bald Cypress next to the house. It takes more water than most trees but it gives great shade to the porch. I won't let DH chop it down. All the trees have either cypress mulch or ground cover around the roots that keeps the moisture in. I've seen some Xeriscape homes in the area and I just don't like them. I grew up in S. GA and really like having a grass lawn.

The weather people are saying we will "cool down" this weekend and get some rain. I'm not holding my breath.

Stay cool everyone!

Donna

[gringa loca]

Its miserable here in Austin too! I rode last night at 7pm at it was still really hot!

I hope it cools down cuz I'll be in Dallas for the Irongirl Triathlon this weekend!