Did I make the wrong guess? Could I have kept on riding; or was turning back early the right move?

The sky sure didn\’t look like this today! Although the sun was shining where I was riding, up ahead it kept looking more and more stormy.

Between that and knowing that I\’d have a headwind on the way home, I decided to turn back at the 14.5-mile point. I didn\’t want to be fighting the wind in addition to, possibly, riding through a binding downpour.

Since I got home an hour ago, the sky has become almost completely overcast. It hasn\’t started to rain yet; but I can\’t say what conditions might be like farther to the West. Weather typically moves West to East in the Northern hemisphere; so for all I know it\’s pouring just a few miles away, and could arrive here any minute.

Thus my planned 50-mile ride turned out to be only 29 miles. I hope I can get out and ride 20 miles or so tomorrow. Unfortunately the forecast for tomorrow looks much like today\’s. As usual, I can\’t do a thing but wait and see what conditions are like in the morning; and hope I don\’t make the wrong guess.