Had to work today -the dirty secret of the computer industry. Nice day for riding too partially sunny, with shorts and t-shirts temps and beautiful fluffy clouds. The wind is a bit high and of course the trail is unusable (why aren't these people at Mom's ). Riding with the full touring load all this weekend, only missing my sleeping bag (which is in route) and sundries. Getting easier pushing that weight. I did do a long steep hill yesterday that forced me into my lowest gear. Then came the torrential rain...