Wind is just not nice-- it doesn't even have to be blowing very hard. This morning was 17 miles directly into an incessant 7-8mph wind from the west. This dropped my moving speed by about 3mph for the entire outbound leg for the same power output. I took a turn to head just one mile north for the due-east return trip. I was rewarded with perhaps 3-4 miles of a sorta-cross-tailwind, then 10 miles of steady crosswind, culminating in the final few miles of 4-5mph headwind. The wind swirls around the valley, you see. It was not particularly strong wind, and it was not gusty at all-- as steady as an office fan. Man, it sucked. Demoralizing.

But I'll almost miss the wind soon. Summer apparently arrives on Friday, and we'll see +100º highs for... months. Rides will start between 5-6am, because it's 100º by 10:30. Just clear, calm, and unbearably hot. No wind, relative humidity in the teens, and the asphalt is 140º. For the 4-month stretch from July through October, we average 0.75" inches of rain. But hey, usually no wind!