Fall into my backyard...

......with these just recently changed leaves! Nice!
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Yesterday the wind was blowing in the afternoon from the South West between 20-30 MPH---steady! But at least it didn't shift while I was riding. Poor Mike left after work into the wind and got pummeled by not only gusts at over 30 MPH, but a shifting from the Southwest to the North. At least he had a partner in crime so he wasn't blowin' in the wind by himself. Top that off with the earlier setting of the sun, and a stupid nightrider that stopped working and it was a pretty epic ride home in the pitch black with gale force wind. sigh.

That's what happens when there is any significant weather change out here. Right now we've got significantly cooler temps (20 degrees or so)...but the wind isn't such a big deal today...it's just in the 50's instead of the 70's. 50's with no wind is way (WAY) better than 70's with wind...I think a cyclist's biggest nemesis has got to be the wind. More than hot, cold or even rain (in my opinion---except Mike is the champ who washes my bike so maybe the rain is also bad).

It's a good thing I didn't know about the wind before we moved here. It isn't like no one mentioned it to me. They did. It's just that I thought I understood wind (I mean it is windy in San Francisco)....but NOT like this!

I'm off to go for a ride...just wanted you to see some of the new colors popping up my yard!