Baby Burro...

It ended up being 70 degrees yesterday! It'd have been perfect if the wind wasn't blowing at a fairly steady 30 mph. But who needs perfection, right? (Need? No, Want? Youbetcha!) If I had had a camera with me on Monday, I don't think I would have headed so far into the wind yesterday---however, I wanted to take a picture of the little foal before s/he grows up. Of course I had the settings wrong, so I'll have to make another trip at some point. Sigh...

So...not really bike-riding related, but pretty unexpectedly exciting to me. I went for a wedding dress fitting yesterday! Wow...I felt like such a girl! Even with 3-4 inch glass slippers, the hem needs to come WAY up. It was a reality check fitting. (Is she really that short? Are you sure? I don't want to cut it until we're sure about it. Ha! ) So now they're sure I'm short. A simple phone call would have sufficed ("Hey Joni, this is Carol. Are you short?" Yup!) Anyway, that'd ruin all the fun. They also had to take it in at the waist and hips (otherwise it kept falling down!) so any thoughts I had of eating at my wedding reception are gone!! (ha!)

Anyway, it's been a long time since I've seen myself in a dress---no one will recognize me without my bike-shorts or jeans! Weird. 4 more weeks, or thereabouts. OK...now back to my regular business...bike riding in wind.

Wind is an amazing force. I guess I never really thought about it and the Bay Area is windy. But it's almost always blowing from the Northwest...down the coast... You can count on that. And anyway, when the wind does shift directions you get those offshore breezes which rule---especially if you live in San Francisco! You can also count on cover from the wind in the hills and trees. I logged on to weather.com yesterday before my ride and it was the exact same temperature in Palo Alto as it was in Marshall. Not only that but the wind was blowing there too! It's the terrain plus the wind I suppose.

So I am off into the wind --- today I think I will just ride into the wind directly for an hour or two so I can enjoy some direct tail wind on the way home. What a great Giro di Italia this year is. Satellite's rule...Did you see Mario Cipollini giving Danilo DiLuca instructions during the TT? It was hilarious, even if you don't know Italian.

Ciao baby!

(Jamie-girl and Layne...these photos are for you!!)

"It's that red-headed two-wheeling human again!"

Mom and Baby

Dad, walked up the hill for some baby carrot snacks!

Dad, saying good-bye to the carrot-lady!