Can't Trust That Day

Sunday Giro heading back on Chef Highway

Monday, Monday. I was happy to see a significant shift in the hurricane model track late last night that moved soon-to-be Hurricane Sally farther to the east. If that sticks, and there's absolutely no guarantee of that, it would keep us on the drier side of the storm, at least. 

GT-6 Barn Find

There will still be a big storm surge, especially if it basically stalls and just sits there near the coast, which is kind of what it's looking like lately. Tulane is closing down at noon today and then all day tomorrow. Depending on how things look, they may be back up on Wednesday, but again, no guarantees.

Anyway, since it wasn't raining I went out this morning for a short recovery ride on the levee, despite the wind. I was probably down to 12 mph at times in order to keep the ride in the recovery zone, but that was fine. At least it wasn't hot. Along the way I noticed an old barn that someone had just started to renovate. There was a big pile of debris where they'd been throwing stuff out of the upper window, but next to that was a '72 or '73 Triumph GT-6 that looked like it was probably the same purple color as mine. You could see where they'd rolled it from somewhere else to where it was. Naturally, I had to ride down the levee to check it out. If I had a big garage and loads of time on my hands, that would make for a fine restoration project, or at least parts car. 

Monday Morning Track Guidance

So it will be interesting to see what the next 24 hours bring. Rain? Wind? Rain and wind? Northeast wind with no rain? Who knows? Locally, some folks are gearing up for the Natchez Classic rides next weekend and then Six Gap at the end of the month. I've pretty much decided to skip 6-Gap this year, and likely Natchez as well, just to minimize my exposure a bit. I logged over 330 miles last week and about 1,200 over the past four weeks, so I'm not going to be stressing out about having an easy week this week.