After lunch I checked my favorite radar weather site and the nearest radar images appeared to be still a couple of hours away. The newspaper said 30 percent chance of rain but my supposition, based on the radar, was that the 30 percent was for a bit later on. So I got on quite a bit less gear than I have been putting on and headed out to ride my bicycle.
And it WAS nice. It seems a bit early for this but the tulip yard in the neighborhood is already starting up.
Almost immediately after leaving the tulip yard I noticed that the wind was most assuredly not from the NE. When I turned to ride east to get to Snelling for the big crossing I discovered a more than tiny bit of a tail wind. Soon enough I identified the primary wind direction as SW, only about 180 degrees from what the internet said.
I was looking for the big flag just across Snelling that I often use to confirm wind direction. I was riding south just after the crossing towards the flag and I got a good look at the southern sky. The very dark conditions there led me to further observe the sky to the west.
I pretty much immediately re-crossed Snelling and spent a half hour or so riding loops in the very near by neighborhoods staying very close to home.
On the first loop I became aware of the odor of wet dirt. The rain was near.
I was out riding so I wanted to get at least a few miles in so I persevered. I was two blocks from home when the rain began.
So, eight miles, better than none, I guess.
It didn't rain really hard and it didn't rain really long. But it did rain long enough to rule out re-cycling. Eight miles it is then, the last two blocks of which were in the rain.
2 comments:
I have done that same thing. And 8 miles is 8 miles. It all adds up.
I have been walking past that tulip yard almost every day for a couple weeks, watching for tulips to appear. I should have walked that way today, obviously. Nice picture and it surprised me.
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