I made a mistake yesterday.  I looked at the online radar and thought I picked the right time to ride my bicycle home between the scattered thunderstorm cells.  Forgetting that the radar images are delayed somewhat.  My co-workers said I should "Ride like the wind" - the problem with that is that the wind was going north, strongly, and I wanted to ( Read more... )

Another beautiful morning for biking.  66F, absolutely no wind except that which I made for myself.  The humidity is really high with all the rain we've been having, so the low spots had light ground fog everywhere.  The songbirds were singing their hearts out, but everything else was quiet.  The frogs in the marsh were quiet also, so I guess that' ( Read more... )

Biking to work this morning took 3 minutes less than yesterday.  I'm slowly building biking muscles, and beginning to power up hills I had to creep up earlier.  Feel the Burn ( Read more... )

An informal acoustic jam that we hold every other week at the Generations Coffeehouse in Neenah. I got to ride my bike also - 2.5 miles each way. Not too bad riding there at 55 F, but the way home at 42 F was hard on the fingertips. (Biking gloves don't have fingertips.) It's fun to get together with new friends and old, in a quiet back room ( Read more... )

Well, I got my wish for biking winds yesterday - tailwind both ways. That was the good part. I chickened out of riding home, though. It was 50 degrees, raining and very windy, and one of my co-workers offered me a ride home ( Read more... )

Three days in a row the weather was nice enough to bicycle to work. The mornings were absolutely beautiful, with light or no wind, birds singing, rabbits hopping out of the way, and frogs croaking in the wetlands ( Read more... )