Okay, I get it. Summer is here. I can officially stop complaining about Spring now. 80’s+ and humid as heck here this weekend. And rain? Ummm, I think we’re good thanks! Check out this video taken at a local fairgrounds where they were holding a large annual Country Music Bash. This was also on the National news Sunday night!
My niece’s car is out in that field somewhere! My oldest son went on Saturday and said it was a mud-fest but they managed to get their van out before the flood. Organizers are going to be “underwater” after this fee-ass-co!
It was a busy one (again). More grad parties, yard work, Rene packing for MN today and both of us preparing for our Tahoe trip on Thursday. I wasn’t able to paddle the Flat this weekend but it would have been a great one for it. Hot weather combined with high, fast water! Instead, I went out for a road ride late in the afternoon on Saturday. And it was hot and windy. The trails here are saturated right now, so I have made the choice to stay off until they have time to dry out. The ride on Saturday was so painful I didn’t even feel like stopping to take pictures. 35 miles later, I was cooked.
Last night was my last night to ride before Tahoe. Rene was in Minn-e-soda until today, so right after work I took the single-speed out for a long gravel grind (trails are still wet here). Along the way, I stopped at the White’s Bridge launch and found a small dog wandering around, obviously lost. I called him over and sat with him for 5 or 10 minutes until a car pulled up and two distraught teenage girls ran out calling his name. Turns out, he wandered away and after looking for him for awhile, they gave up and left to go get gas in their car! DOOH! Why they did not think to leave one of them there while the other went for gas (nearest station is 10-12 miles away) is beyond me. The dog could easily have been killed by the regular traffic of 4x4’s and cars that run up and down the dirt road near the bridge! I so wanted to get on their case about leaving, but they said thanks about a thousand times and high-tailed it before I could get all preachy on them.
The rest of the ride was uneventful. Well, except for the oppressive heat and humidity. It is full-on summertime here all of a sudden! Prediction is we hit 90F+ today. Felt like it at the construction site this morning. Not a big fan of extreme heat, but after all my bitching about cool and rain, I guess I have to shut up and enjoy it!
We are off to Tahoe on Thursday morning. I am looking forward to the get away and seeing old friends. Jeff has our trail ride mapped out for Saturday and we are planning to have the gang back to the condo for a Mexican food feast that night. Wish it was a longer stay, but I have a daughter and son in college now!
Hope your all staying cool!
3 comments:
that mudfest looks nasty!
it's hot down here but i still say there is no heat like midwest heat. whoa!
have fun in tahoe. be safe!
Danrnit! Never miss an opportunity get all preachy on kids. It's our right as guys of our age.
blue: today is the flume trail ride. gonna be brutal. air is rare up here and i am a sad flatlander. but the views are amazing. beautiful place. and surprising cool and comfortable which has been a nice break from the hot back home.
smudgemo: gonna miss you up here today. sorry again that you could not come along but hopefully, we will ride together again one of these days. and yes, i probably should have exercised my old-man rights and given them a talkin' to. next time, they will hear my wrath!
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