Enjoy while it\’s here! It\’s a three-day weekend! It would be nice if I could get away and ride through a landscape like this one!

So far the weather is cooperating rather well. True, it\’s hot (85 degrees at 11:45 am), but it isn\’t raining and the wind isn\’t bad. In fact, the wind feels good if I\’m not trying to ride against it!

As I was on the way home from the salvage store, I was working against the breeze. (So what else is new?) Six to eight mph doesn\’t sound like much of a wind, but I was hauling the trailer again. I\’m using it more than I did in the past because 1) those make-your-own-grab-bags are quite bulky; and 2) now that the weather is getting hot, I want a small cooler for such items as bologna. The only one I have is double-six-pack size, and it takes up most of the space in one of my panniers.

Tomorrow it will get up to about 90 degrees; wind 5-10 mph. I\’d better get used to starting my Sunday long rides earlier, so I can be back home before the heat gets really bad. I\’m thinking about doing 40 miles or so tomorrow.

I\’m also toying with the idea of getting a pair of sun sleeves. If they keep me a bit cooler and mean I need to use less sunblock, they\’ll be worth it.

By Thursday we\’ll have a chance of showers and T-storms. We\’ve got good weather now, so let\’s enjoy while it\’s here.