oak caterpillars - we had them so bad about 8 years ago the UPS coming down the street looked like the Aadams Family. Rain has been almost forgotten here over the 4 year drought, though we've had monsoons also that may break it. Light rain is rare here, but earlier in the year we had a morning of light rain (at the tail of a monsoon) and it made for a great ride.
On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:44:54 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Manny, please, call me Patrick. I'm just not the same without the trick. > Grin. We get race tape producing worms (mini caterpillars, really) who use > the winds at dusk and dawn to hitch a ride tree to tree and, unbeknownst to > them, across trail. Though if I were to raise my arms in triumph on the > tails, I'd get another head injury, so while I love the idea, I'll have to > implement it for running rather than riding. > > Patrick, it's amazing how much the weather takes stock of our accessories. > I control small storms simply by putting on or taking off my rain jacket. > On? It misses. Leave it off? Nails me. Change partway through? So does it. > > What I don't understand is this thing you all keep mentioning. Shelter? > You ride to it and seek dryness in a storm? Then ride on? What is that? > Here it's called rainwear and below tree line. Or home. That's why I bought > Scottish rainwear. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Monday, September 16, 2013 10:33:05 PM UTC-6, Manuel Acosta wrote: >> >> Pat, >> Practical racing is what I do everyday! >> When I ride into spiderwebs I sometimes pretend I'm apart of some >> invisible race that I just won. >> So instead of getting mad, I practice my winning pose as I cross that >> "race tape". >> >> Good times always. >> -Manny >> >> On Monday, September 16, 2013 5:39:16 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> Sometimes racing can be practical. Today, after a wonderful ride to a >>> mountain reservoir where I spend a few hours before coming home, I could >>> clearly see in looming well over the horizon a wall of thunderous clouds. >>> Each time I was able to glimpse them between the trees and hills it was >>> rapidly closing in. Yes, I has rain gear with me. But dealing with traffic >>> on the state highway when it's dark and raining is hardly fun. 7 miles to >>> go. Who would win? Thunder rolling all around, the updraft of the storm >>> behind me creating a headwind that greatly slowed my descent. I made it >>> into town still dry, with half a mile to go, surrounded by dark and fog and >>> near constant thunder. I crossed the finish line into my garage as the >>> first drops fell. Got 'um at the tape with a lean! Grin. >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >>> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* >>> *www.OurHolyConception.org* >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
