Arrrrrr!

It was hard getting out the door this morning, but with a warm front out of the Gulf about to back over us and the resulting uncertain weather forecast, I figured I'd better get in the riding while the riding's good. Although the forecast is calling for a high today of nearly 80F, increasing a few more degrees for Thursday and Friday, it was still comfortably cool this morning. I went out into the dark wearing double jerseys and arm-warmers, hoping the levee would be free of morning fog (it was). As we do for most Wednesday morning rides, we had about a dozen on hand for the nice steady out-and-back to the upriver end of Jefferson Parish. Although the pace was reasonably steady, it wasn't easy by any means. Once people got warmed up, the speed was ranging from 24 to 26 mph, so a good workout was had by all.


As we neared the end of today's ride I started craving a cup of coffee, so on the way home I stopped at Zotz where I sat outside for a little while sipping on a cup of dark roast, sweetened extravagantly with turbinado sugar - just the way I like it. The sky was still a bit overcast but both the temperature and humidity were clearly on the rise as I rode back through Carrollton to the house.


Later, on the way to work, I stopped to get a shot of the Halloween pirate propped up on the front porch of one of the houses on Lowerline Street. Then, when I got to the bike rack at the office I noticed a classic AMF Hercules 3-speed from the early 70's that had a big Schwinn Stingray style stick shift grafted onto its top tube. What were they thinking?