I love a rainbow ride!

Much of the sky looked stormy when I set out this morning. I didn\’t care for the appearance of the clouds, and as usual I was concerned about the possibility of lightning.

But that didn\’t stop me from riding. It was still quite early; before 7 am. When the sun began rising above the horizon, it created rainbows in the clouds!

Partial rainbows, anyhow. They came and went, according to the amount of sunlight. At one point there were two at once, in different parts of the sky. That\’s a real rarity! The smaller segment was brightly colored. The larger arc was paler, but still easy enough to see.

For most of this rainbow ride, the wind was very light. That\’s another rarity. More than once I could see rain in the distance, and could only hope that it would stay in the distance. Fortunately, it did. The worst that I got was a light sprinkle here and there.

The overcast was a welcome change. I don\’t realize how much blazing sunshine saps my energy until a day like today. About two miles before I got back home the sun came fully out for a few minutes; and the difference was immediately apparent.

About then the wind started to kick up, too. It made forward progress seem very difficult, and I was glad that I had only two miles to go; not twenty-two!

Incidentally, I seem to be doing something differently when it comes to pedaling. Whatever it is, I\’m feeling my hamstrings more than I used to.

After I was home, I made my new culinary invention: Mayocoba Madness! Now of course I have to clean up the kitchen. 🙁 I\’d rather be riding.