Riding in the Rain
I'm riding in the rain, just riding in the rain... what a glorious feelin', I'm happy again!
The rains came. Last Friday. Except for he break we had on Sunday (which brought mostly blue skies and sunshine) our weather forecasters have been spot on regarding the precip that's descended on our region. I took light rail to and from work for the first time since the skies went dry last spring, and wouldn't you know, my train goes kaput to start off my weekend. Thankfully the outage only lasted about 20 minutes.
Wow, it just dumped cats and dogs outside as I continue to type.
Tomorrow morning the storms should be history and I can resume my two-wheeled commuting again. I was just thinking about the many times I've been caught riding in the rain... caught, I say, since I rarely consider heading out when the wet stuff threatens to fall. It's one thing to be rained on while close to home, and a whole 'nuther story when stuck hundreds of miles away. How far is far?
The rains came. Last Friday. Except for he break we had on Sunday (which brought mostly blue skies and sunshine) our weather forecasters have been spot on regarding the precip that's descended on our region. I took light rail to and from work for the first time since the skies went dry last spring, and wouldn't you know, my train goes kaput to start off my weekend. Thankfully the outage only lasted about 20 minutes.
Wow, it just dumped cats and dogs outside as I continue to type.
Tomorrow morning the storms should be history and I can resume my two-wheeled commuting again. I was just thinking about the many times I've been caught riding in the rain... caught, I say, since I rarely consider heading out when the wet stuff threatens to fall. It's one thing to be rained on while close to home, and a whole 'nuther story when stuck hundreds of miles away. How far is far?
Portland, OR
Spokane, WA
Eureka, MT
Aspen and Vail, CO
Salt Lake City, UT
Flagstaff, AZ
the northern CA coast
the Sierra Nevadas
Spokane, WA
Eureka, MT
Aspen and Vail, CO
Salt Lake City, UT
Flagstaff, AZ
the northern CA coast
the Sierra Nevadas
My friend wrote to say that he got caught riding in the rain on his commute home Thursday evening (whereas I caught only a few droplets). Not being a seasoned rider, his comment was that it was scary. Regardless of experience, it is scary having to share the roadways with idiots in urban traffic; I'd rather take my chances on the open road, hundreds of miles from home.
Labels: commuting, motorcycles, rain, Sacramento, weather
posted @ 6:43 PM
5 Comments:
Amazing. A couple of hours after this post, I stepped outside to a starry night. If there was any evidence of clouds, I surely didn't find it. No sign of those cats and dogs either. I did however, recognize the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus in the ENE sky, and easily spotted the eye of the bull, the red giant star Aldebaran.
It's a 3 day drive to Ohio. ;)
About 2,400 miles if I took I-80, then swinging down south at Davenport along I-74 to I-70. A day-and-a-half non-stop. And I'm sure plenty of rain along the way. Corn and cows too.
Lots of corn.. and yep.. lots of cows. We stopped every night, so that's why it took us about 3 days. No doubt you could kick ass going non-stop. You ever made that kind of distance before?
Hmm, I've done Sacramento to Phoenix by motorcycle, non-stop, on several occasions. About 15 hours way back when. I think that's the longest stretch I've done. The furthest (1,200 mi) is Copper Mt., CO but I did a couple of overnight motel stops along the way. Or 1,100 miles to Euerka, MT with one stopover in Boise, ID.
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