Today makes the third day in a row that I haven’t seen another biker on the road. That’s actually pretty unusual. Maybe DC bikers are heartier than most, but I usually see at least one other on my way to work even on the coldest days. These have been cold days.
The ride from Raleigh to [...]
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The only one dumb enough
March 4, 2009 – 3:31 am
Only been hit with one snowball
March 2, 2009 – 5:30 pm
It’s cold and windy but beautiful. I’m somewhere near Lexington now, warming my hands and body with some coffee. Everything is covered in powder-white snow. Props to the NC DOT. I-85 is pristine exept for the snow and ice coming off truicks. Very little traffic so I’m making great time. Speaking of that, [...]
First stop
March 1, 2009 – 8:04 pm
It started raining about the time I got to Petersburg, so I pulled over, put on my rain gear and covered everything up. I spent the next three hours riding in varying types of rain. Sorry about all the product placement here, but I feel like a brief gear review is in orde. My [...]
Bike Week coming up
February 28, 2009 – 5:37 am
In the morining I’m heading off in the direction of Daytona Beach and visiting some very good friends on my way down. I’m going to try to put some updates online fairly regularly. Of course, since I’m traveling by motorcycle, my fairly bulky laptop has to stay at home. So this is really a bit [...]
Meteorology
February 3, 2009 – 5:50 am
For somebody who spends most of his daylight hours inside a windowless office, I sure talk about the weather a lot. If you like weather, I suppose Washington, DC is a good place for you. You like sunny days? You like driving rains? You like snow, sleet, ice pellets, freezing rain? You like unseasonably [...]
Finally
January 27, 2009 – 3:43 pm
It’s still snowing right now. There looks to be about an inch and a half on our porch railing. I decided to work from home this morning since I have a window here and would rather watch the snow fall than sit in my office dungeon thinking about how cold it is outside. Still [...]