I just got back from a morning ride with a few of the guys and it was a challenging 35 km... besides the high winds we also had to contend with a great number of fallen branches and even a little blast of snow.

I had a blast and next time I figure I should take the road bike instead of the commuter as it weighs half as much as the Trek and the gear I was packing.

When I lived in Regina, Sask. (flat prairies) in the 1970s, there was a strong West wind.
So I got my wife to ferry me to Moose Jaw to the west (about 50 miles away) and I rode back with that tailwind. I had no speedo, but I arrived home only minutes after my wife.
In those days, I didn't wear a helmet -- just a ball cap.
The wind blew it off and I chased it for a couple miles before retrieving it.

Rode today...winds were there, but not horrible. I am not looking forward to tomorrow.

Dang! About to hop on the ride to complete some must do errands -checked the wind here in cowtown - 64 k from the west ( just under 40 mph). Of course I'm heading west the entire way! With my luck the wind will die or reverse directions on the way home.

Midwesterners will remember the wind storm a few months ago. I didn't ride in the 70 mph winds we got in Columbus.

I knew it - why does this always happen to me ???
So I head out into 60 k winds blowing right in my face, struggling to keep moving at a decent pace all 28 k, but thinking at least on the way home I'll be flyin' . Sure enough the minute I reach my destination the wind shifts from the west to from the north. All the way home I'm fighting a cross wind plus the temp dropped to about 3 degrees C ( 37 F ).

The wind seems to be dying off a little and we got a little more snow this afternoon...

I hunkered down in the bike shop and finally got around to building myself a new rear wheel for my Trek which completes a set... my old wheels will get my cross tyres so I can swap from the road tyres to ones better suited for light snow and slush.