Well, we had pretty nice weather yesterday. We were outside all day with no rain, although it was extremely hot and humid. I can’t speak for everyone else, but I had a great time. The weather has flared up with a vengeance today, however. We’ve had 46 mph sustained winds and gusts up to 70. There are trees and branches down everywhere and last I heard more than 190,000 people in the area were out of power. Obviously we’re not one of them. We’ve had some flickers and actually lost power a few times very briefly, but it’s come back on in a matter of seconds. So far we’ve only lost small stuff from our trees, but our neighbors lost the top third of their pine and a very large branch off of another tree. There is now a twenty foot section spread across their driveway and into our yard.
We ran a few errands today despite the weather, then worked in the house hiding out from the wind. We got the light installed in the bedroom and tested it out. Everything seems to be in good working order, and although I wouldn’t mind having a brighter light it’s so nice to have something.
One good thing about the weather is that a cold front is moving in, so my bike class tomorrow and our 4+ mile ride is going to be much more comfortable. I was trying to figure out a route to work that avoided some of the major roads if I wanted to try to ride to work, and I’ve found one that uses a bike trail for much of the time and is just under 8 miles, which I don’t think would be too bad. I don’t know that I would be able to do it every day, but it would certainly be something to think about. It would be nicer if I had a road bike rather than a mountain bike, but it would certainly work for now. Firefly and I are going to try it out and see how it is and how long it would take.
