Riding in the rain
Topic: Cycling
I had two meetings this afternoon at a building about two miles west of where I work. Since I knew it would be after 5:00 when we finished I rode my bike over so I could just head home from there. As I wended my way west it started raining. More a light drizzle but I was damp when I got there. At 5:30 when we were finally done, it was just spitting as I headed east and toward home.

It was so nice. It never was a real rain, just enough to get me very damp though I did finally stop and cover my backpack with a plastic bag so my stuff wouldn't also get wet. I never could not see through my glasses so it was a light rain.

It was a hard ride though because I rode into the wind the whole way. Our monsoons come from the east. Southeast technically but it always seems strongest from the east. One place I lived faced east and when the rains came with the wonderful coolness and wonderful smells, I always had to shut my door because the rain blew right in. The wind plus the extra two miles, well four miles counting going to the meeting place meant my legs were tired. Still it was so wonderful to work that hard and not get too hot.

There was a full rainbow to the east and I just followed it home. Toward the end the middle of the rainbow disappeared but to the north it became a double rainbow. Just beautiful! After I got home the drizzle turned heavier though it was never heavy. The sunset turned the sky a deep burnt orange. It's still drizzling heavily now, 8:00 pm. Hopefully the monsoons have arrived though they are usually heavier and don't last as long.