Took a chance and rode today despite our continuing weather pattern of daily thunderstorms. After watching the weather forecast on TV this morning, it was looking like the storms would set up south and west of our area, if they are right. That's a pretty big IF because our local forecasters are notoriously bad at predicting rain.

Our weather here this summer has been the worst that I can remember. We've had hotter summers and wetter summers, but we've never had such a combination of heat and humidity. Every day the air feels like a wet blanket, and the high humidity means that the threat of thunderstorms never really goes away. Last week was about the only week all summer when it didn't rain nearly every day, but the heat and humidity were so intense that the heat index was reaching 110 or higher every afternoon. I can't wait for fall.