Day 1: Half Moon Bay to Pigeon Point

Wednesday May 18, 2005, 20 miles (32 km) - Total so far: 20 miles (32 km)

Arggghhh! Brutal weather to start my trip. Not an especially good omen.
A late, record storm has been pounding the coast with 30+ mph winds and sheets of rain. I struggled to make the 20 miles from Half Moon Bay to Pigeon Point and barely got in before dark - - - soaking wet. I was hugely grumpy with the guy at the desk. He made the mistake of offering some bit of wisdom like, "Sure is awful weather we're having." Here I was standing at the counter - still with my bike helmet on - dripping pools of water on the floor.

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First day journal of my 2005 trip.
But certainly not the last day of rain.

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Day 58 - Kutztown to Flemington

Saturday July 30, 2016, 65 miles (105 km) - Total so far: 3,295 miles (5,303 km)

A few heavy drops came down - warning me a minute in advance.
There was a vegetable market by the road and I swung in.
Covered the bike in the tarp and dashed inside as the deluge started.
Two hours of non-stop rain - sheets of rain coming down.

It wouldn’t stop.
People in the store commented about how they hadn’t seen rain like this in years.
And they told me that they really needed the moisture.
Ooooooh - - was I ever forced to hold my tongue.

When it finally slowed - not stopped - rivers were running down the road.
I probably shouldn’t have, but I headed out onto a water-covered roadway.
It was still raining lightly and the road was treacherous.
I was wearing orange and used my rear blinker.

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11 years later - -
There's just no justice for the wicked.
I am switching careers to become a rainmaker.