Misread the weather radar and a commute that started in a gentle drizzle continued through some pretty respectable rain showers. My Arkel Commuter pannier, in combination with the rain cover outside and dry bags inside, kept my computer, etc., bone dry. The combination of work clothes and a light shell had the opposite effect, however, and I arrived pretty soggy. Hung my shirt and the shell up to dry, knocked the better part of the mud off the cuffs of my black jeans, and went to a couple of meetings wearing my black wool baselayer t-shirt. Some of my colleagues apparently thought this was a fashion statement. Most everything had dried out by the evening commute, which was uneventful.

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