Wednesday, May 8, 2019

In Which Rain is Followed by Riding

Clouds all week. Riding home Sunday evening after another rainstorm.

Recent rains have kept me off the bikes. It was wet this morning, and another storm blew through this afternoon.

But late in the afternoon, I went to the neighborhood bike shop to pick up some bikes for Mount Mercy University. The sky had storm clouds in it, but was dry. After driving home, I ate a quick grilled cheese sandwich.

MMU Bike Club leader helps me unload bicycles that were fixed at local bike shop.
And then I got  the road bike out. It was already 7:30, but I had about an hour of light left. Dim light—there were plenty of clouds—so I rode with lights. I rode up the Brentwood Drive hill, and then over to Lowe Park.

It was getting breezy and colder, and more rain was expected to roll in later tonight. There were some bare areas in the sky, but plenty of impressive looking clouds in the volatile sky.

The sun went down as I rode on the park trail, and then headed home, riding with lights in the gathering dark.

The weather is expected to get better, but other events will prevent me from riding to campus over the next couple of days, so I’m glad I got the ride in tonight. And as you can see below, it was a pretty post-rain ride.


Tower Terrace Road on my way out to Lowe Park.

New Park going in at Lowe Park.

Lowe Park sky.

Lowe Park sky.

Blackbird that was yelling at me as I made images.

Lights on on Tower Terrace Road as I head home. Below, images of the park from another camera.




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