HairOnFire
07-25-2004, 11:35 PM
No, not nekkid biker chicks... Florida weather!
Took a little spin up to St. Augustine today and it was HOT! Y'know, I've lived in sunny Eff Ell Lay all my life. Born here. But in the middle of the day when it's 93 or so and the humidity is 99 or so, it's just HOT!!. So hot you hope for rain to ride in. Still, when you feel that 3 degree temperature drop as you cross the bridge over the intracoastal waterway into Flagler Beach and that vast expanse of ocean blue spreads out in front of you and you get a sniff of that clean salt air... The sailboats and water skiers to the left and right. The pelicans flying in a 15 bird lineup formation just over your right shoulder, a riders' club in a 15 bike lineup headed in the other direction - left hands dropped in "the wave" - it's all worth it! Then you start thinking about October, November, December, January... and have to feel bad (maybe a little?) for the brothers and sisters up North who will be packing their X's in mothballs for the Winter while we will be breaking out the leathers and chaps and bundling up for those 55 degree rides to the beach.
Life is good... Another HOT! Sunday ride in sunny Florida with nothing to complain about but HOT!
Took a little spin up to St. Augustine today and it was HOT! Y'know, I've lived in sunny Eff Ell Lay all my life. Born here. But in the middle of the day when it's 93 or so and the humidity is 99 or so, it's just HOT!!. So hot you hope for rain to ride in. Still, when you feel that 3 degree temperature drop as you cross the bridge over the intracoastal waterway into Flagler Beach and that vast expanse of ocean blue spreads out in front of you and you get a sniff of that clean salt air... The sailboats and water skiers to the left and right. The pelicans flying in a 15 bird lineup formation just over your right shoulder, a riders' club in a 15 bike lineup headed in the other direction - left hands dropped in "the wave" - it's all worth it! Then you start thinking about October, November, December, January... and have to feel bad (maybe a little?) for the brothers and sisters up North who will be packing their X's in mothballs for the Winter while we will be breaking out the leathers and chaps and bundling up for those 55 degree rides to the beach.
Life is good... Another HOT! Sunday ride in sunny Florida with nothing to complain about but HOT!