This has little to do with bikes or commuting, I just wanted to share. Walnut Creek, California. 47 degrees and overcast. What we call tule fog, when the right combination of temperature and humidity (85%) fills up the inland valleys with fog.

Monday is the day when the pool guy comes. He comes year around. I like to take the cover off to make his life a bit easier. It’s powered by an electric motor and pulled by ropes in that run in tracks at the side of the pool as it rolls on and off. Usually this involves rain water that has accumulated on top of the cover. I have a pump that I put on and plug it in to take off the water. But it’s been several weeks with no rain so the cover was bone dry. I tried sweeping the leaves off but they just sort of floated into to air.

I have an electric blower that’s sat in the garage for years and never used. So I dragged it out. It did a good job of moving the leaves but was difficult to control. I blew some leaves into the pit that the cover rolls into and some off into the yard. And some into the pool since it was now partly open. Oh, well. The pool guy will take care of that.

It’s a big country isn’t it? I read this group regularly and appreciate and enjoy the stories. Thanks.