Ames on Monday was nothing but downpour and heavy wind on the way home. I had rain pelting me hard in the face the whole way, so my vision was awful at best, and there are a lot of outlets from the shopping centers, so I had a fun time wrangling the soaked brakes whenever somebody decided they needed to get out of Sam's Club without paying attention to the stop sign. First time I've had to put my shoes in the dryer this year, so there's something.

Yesterday ditched (some of) the rain but kept the wind. My gloves decided to go missing that morning, so I wound up going barehanded in 38F spitting rain, and had to put my hands in the shrinkwrapper oven for a minute to regain feeling. The way back was significantly warmer but still just as wet. My brakes really hate me by now.

Today seems calmer but it's still pretty wet out. I have a longer commute today since I have a lot of errands to run, so I'll get to see how the trails have fared. Probably not well.