John_V 

A very nasty storm is headed our way later today but before the storm Mother Nature sent us some very nasty wind. 30 mph at 8:00 AM predicted to reach over 40 mph by noon. They did. Since the rain wasn't suppose to get here until around 2:00 PM, I decided to go for a ride and tough out the wind. It was way too windy for my road bike so I opted to do a solo ride on the wife's trike since it wouldn't get tossed all over the place like a two wheeler would. It wasn't an easy task. On my second lap, I got to the cut off for the west parking lot, which is 4 miles out and back, and opted not to take it because the winds were getting stronger and the skies getting darker. Ended up with 36, hard fought miles. It was so bad out there that Amanda Coker even called it quits at about the same time I did. And that's very unusual for her to end a ride under 200 miles.