Familiar climate, familiar miles

The plan originally was to be home on Wednesday which would have made Thursday a bicycle day.  The whole landing gear diversion to Chicago meant we were not home until Thursday.  The rain that was NOT the reason for our arrival one day after schedule ended up being epic, extending from Wednesday pretty much through the entire day Thursday.  The total rainfall was around 3.5 inches including something like 2.5 during Thursday, an all time record rainfall for that date.

In consideration of our week in the desert, then not in the desert, then in the desert again the familiar May pattern of a little rain and temperate temperatures was actually quite welcome.

The sun was out when I started today's ride, it all seemed quite familiar. The corn has made great strides in our absence but is probably going to be set back a bit by the large rainfall.

I am pretty sure there is a corollary to that knee high by the 4th of July rule for good corn that says also not under water on Memorial Day.

The first time on the bicycle in a while but I felt pretty strong. The sun went away shortly after I started and I ended up staying close, riding miles that are very familiar. Every inch of pavement covered today was pavement covered dozens of times previously, not a single unfamiliar diversion of any kind.

I did get over to the Town and Country Club where I discovered some evidence of what Wireless has reported as fairly high winds. It looks like they have lost a tree and suffered damage to the fence.

They have done the right thing by completing the clean up in an expeditious manner. Of course, as a high brow country club they have plenty of staff on hand to do the clean up.

There's no place like home.