We have gone from a hot, humid, summery weather pattern to cool, humid, drizzly weather in the space of a single day. The current weather is similar to stretches we typically get in September that I call “pool season killers”. You never know quite when it will happen, but once you get 3 or 4 consecutive days of low clouds, mist, and high temperatures in the 60s-70s, it’s time to put the goggles and the swimsuit away for the season. I don’t recall getting weather like this in August before, but I suspect that it’s partially due to the hurricane churning its way up the Atlantic a few hundred miles off the coast. Unlike in mid September, though, there’s at least hope that summer will eventually return and give us a couple more weeks of good swimming weather.
I’ve been very regular with my Sunday morning bike geocaching this summer. I’ve gone out the past 7 consecutive Sundays and counting, which I’m pretty sure is a record. I hope to keep it going for a while longer, and for once, my schedule looks like it might cooperate, so it’s all up to the weather. I’ve been commuting by bike about once a week, and last week, I had the fun of racing to get home ahead of a storm. It felt like old times: dark clouds, peels of thunder, gusty breezes, and lots of angst about getting my recently tuned-up bike all wet and muddy. Ultimately, I made it home, and the storm ended up just barely grazing us. Mountain biking has been predictably slow this summer, though I’ve been out once or twice in the past couple of months. I’m hoping that the MTB commuting will pick up in the fall.