I was riding blind again this morning; but not because my bicycle computer ran out of charge. There was heavy fog; and I wound up riding less than six miles — and slowly — simply because of visibility problems.

This was our third consecutive foggy morning; and each day it’s been worse than it was the day before. In fact, it was already getting foggy as I was riding home from work yesterday. When I went out to ride this morning, I saw that it was pretty thick as soon as I walked outside. I immediately took my glasses off, because I knew I\’d be able to see better without them!

I intended to work on my pace today; but visibility was so poor that I decided against it. In fact, I made it a short, slow ride. I might have to repeat it tomorrow, because there’s yet more fog in the forecast.  It says, patchy fog; so I might have some clear stretches where I can push for speed. If I don\’t, I\’ll be riding blind again; and I don\’t enjoy that.

It\’s lucky I just put fresh batteries

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in my white blinkie. I really needed the extra light power this morning, so I could be seen; but maybe it didn\’t matter too much. There wasn\’t anybody else out there! I don\’t blame people for not wanting to go out in such a fog; but there I was. Does that make me a fanatic?

All this fog makes me think of Rudolph. I don\’t remember that we ever had a foggy Christmas Eve; but that doesn\’t mean that we didn\’t. I\’m glad I was only riding a bicycle; and not driving a team of reindeer.