Rain, rain, and more rain

(October 5, 2015) Well, we did it; or rather Mother Nature did it: we tied the record for consecutive days of rain here in the Raleigh, North Carolina area. Today was the 12th straight day of rain. It's been painful for me with a new Harley in the garage.

A cyclonic system has been sitting off the cost of Georgia and then South Carolina for way too long, drawing moisture off the ocean and blowing it out of the northeast, giving us an unseasonably cool and damp start to our autumn.

The nasty weather put a big hurt on the Capital City Bikefest (Raleigh) last weekend. As far as I could tell, only about 20% of the usual attendance showed. And then this weekend, Raleigh hosted for the second year in a row the Wide Open Blue Grass Festival. The rain dampened attendance at that too.

But tomorrow, the weather man says we'll see blue skies and sunshine. It's been way too long. Time to get that bike out again.

I'm already plannng my 2016 ride calendar!

Keep the shiny side up.

-The Long Rider