So so nice!

Well, as bad as yesterday's weather was, today's was just awesome. That is, if you overlook the wind which was awesome in its own way. The temperature started out around 40 but was probably around 60 by the end. I rolled across the causeway to meet the Northshore ride group way up around the new Tour de Louisiane road race course this morning. It was my first time riding the course, and I think it's pretty good. It's a 16 mile loop with smooth roads, very little traffic, and pretty much nothing but rolling hills. We did the loop first, and then headed out for a longer loop, eventually racking up 60 or 70 miles. I don't know for sure because my computer, which is as usual acting very flaky after yesterday's rain, stopped showing me my speed at somewhere around 64 miles. Jason had already put in an hour when we arrived, and after he, Keith and I did a little 3-man time trial over the last ten miles or so, he was probably hurting a bit more than we. My legs were fairly good today and although they were hurting a bit on the hills, it wasn't too bad to keep me from pushing the pace now and then.

The Bacchus parade starts in about an hour, followed by Endymion, so I'm heading out shortly on the bike. I'll try and make it over to around Realdo's place on St. Charles around 3rd or 2nd street, because we'll definitely need a place to pee, and as the well-known song says "ain't no place to pee on Mardi Gras day!" That goes for pretty much any parade.