Yes, I was lucky this morning. After I checked the forecast last night, I expected to have to ride through rain to get to the salvage store. As a matter of fact, it did rain at about 7:15.

By the time I started to the store, the rain had stopped; but it was still overcast. I wore my poncho in case it started to rain again. It was warm enough that I could leave the hood down. If it did start to rain, it would be easy enough to stop and remove my hemet; pull the hood into place; then put the helmet back on.

I did in fact run into a patch of mist not far from home. I stopped and put that hood over my head in case the mist morphed into heavy rain. But it didn\’t 🙂

At the store I parked my bike under an awning. I forgot to put a plastic bag over the saddle, and of course the edge of that awning was dripping! It was a good thing I had the poncho on, or my shorts would have gotten all wet. On the way home there was another patch of mist; but by the time I actually got home, the sun was starting to come out.

Today I took the trailer, and it sure felt hard to pull the thing. I\’m so glad that I got lucky and had the headwind on the way out, for a change. It was worth the effort, though. Among other things, I hit the make-your-own-grab-bag bins. Two large bags cost $10 —  81 snacks for ten bucks! Some of them will make good ride food.

Which reminds me, it\’s time to start extending my Sunday ride to 20 miles or so. The weather should be good tomorrow, so I can saddle up, grab a bargain snack, and pedal away.