In this area in the springtime there is a constant steady wind averaging 13mph blowing from west to east. My regular 40 mile course takes me directly into that wind for 12 miles. But yesterday when it rained there was no wind anywhere and I told myself to count that blessing while I was spitting out road grit. My trip goes by a golf course and I noticed the parking lot and clubhouse were full. I'm sure they were all imbibing to the legal limit. Toward the end of the golf course I saw one group of chaps trying to golf in the rain and thought they are crazier than I am. I think the main reason I don't like rain rides is that it craps up my bike. I gave an old Cannondale to my son a few years ago that he never rides and I think I'm going to ask for it back so I can make it into a beater bike for rainy days.