Dumb Phone

Yes, I rode to work today.

There are bicycle racks in the motorcycle parking area. This morning one of the women who regularly rides was locking up her bicycle when I pulled in. She said, "I guess I was making my own windchill today." It seems the weather app on her phone didn't update and she left the house thinking it was 51F/11C instead of 39F/4C. When I saw her after work she was much happier with the temperature. She told me when it comes to the weather she isn't going to trust her phone ever again.

Today was cloudy with abundant sunshine. Nice.

• 39F/4C and clear for the ride to work.
• 63F/17C with big white fluffy clouds for the ride home.

Puffed Up About The Weather

Yes, I rode to work today.

The question of the day seemed to be, "Where did the nice weather go?" I heard it at work. I saw it on Facebook. As it didn't rain enough during my commutes to much more than spot my visor I'm not one of those complaining. That said, I understand where folks are coming from.

Even this robin perched on top of one of the steel panels of Serra's Twain installation was puffed up about the weather today.

Citygarden was abandoned. There was no one wanting to run through the sprinklers today.

The good news is the forecasters are talking of a nice weekend weather wise. I hope your weekend is nice all wise.

• 58F/14C and overcast for the ride to work.
• 50F/10C and overcast for the ride home.

Even More

Yes, I rode to work today.

I think there were even more bikes and scooters out today than yesterday.


I looked for Martha, but didn't see her.

Can you see the Vespa?

Nice.

• 57F/14C and lots of sun shining through the clouds for the ride to work.
• 78F/26C and sunny for the ride home.

Lots of Waves

Yes, I rode to work today.

Lots of bikes, scooters, and trikes out today.  Lots of waves from every kind of rider. If this weather keeps up, I bet there will be lots of people thinking about moving to two wheels.

• 50F/10C, calm with a few clouds, but plenty of sunshine for the ride to work.
• 74F/23C with even fewer clouds and not much more wind for the ride home.

It Would Have Been So Boring

Yes, I rode to work today.

And, I rode home.

I rode past Busch Stadium. St. Louis is hosting Cincinnati tonight. Go Cards!

Then out Chouteau Ave.

Onto Manchester Ave. and into the Grove Neighborhood.

On the far west side of the Grove are these two beauties. They sit waiting. They have seen better days, and I hope they see better days. There are so many wonderful beautiful old buildings here in St. Louis and too many of them are just waiting just like these two.

As I near Maplewood traffic picks up. Or, perhaps because the traffic lights again become more frequent, it simply backs up.

Dirty windscreen, oh well.

I needed to do some banking. My bank has a branch in a Walmart. This branch is open seven days a week and until 7pm Monday through Friday. I like that. Tonight I parked by the cart return near the door. I had a visitor. I told him he was all wet. I may have offended him, because he didn't stick around long. I barely got a picture of him before he flew off.

One of my neighbors just bought a car from this dealership. This dealership and the dealership where I bought my car are owned by the same people. She got a Volvo. I got a Yaris. Can you guess which one of us is the attorney?

A little longer ride than usual and a slightly different route. I'm so glad I wasn't driving. It would have been so boring.

• 50F/10C with a few clouds and no wind for the ride to work.
• 69F/21C with a few more clouds for the ride home.

They Aren't Yellow

Yes, I rode to work today.

It was definitely breezy this morning with gust up to 30knots, but I'm not complaining. My friend Chris at Everyday Riding commented to me he might need take his Ural to work today. It seems it was snowing in the Twin Cities today. We certainly didn't have that kind of weather here today. At lunchtime I was thinking of him and snow. When I think of late snows I think of snowballs. I had no snow but I did see these in Citygarden:

I know they aren't white, but they are round and they aren't yellow :)   I don't think they'd hurt much even if I could hit him in the face with one.

Since it was just 60F/15C at lunchtime, it surprised me to see kids playing in the sprinklers.

• 56F/13C overcast and breezy for the ride to work this morning.
• 67F/19C with a few clouds, but lots of sunshine and no snow for the ride home.

Opening Day

Yes, I rode to work today.

The first home game of the season for the Cardinal's Baseball team is a very big deal here in St. Louis. Last year they won the World Series and there was every reason to expect lots of people Downtown today. And, there were a lot of folks, but....

It rained.

Folks congregated anywhere there was an overhang.

It rained enough to delay the game until late in the afternoon, which was good news for me.

If the rain hadn't delayed the game I would have been facing much more traffic than normal.

And, the cars would have been filled with baseball fans who may have been drinking beer all afternoon. I was glad to have the game still very much in progress at ride home time.

Even though it rained much of the day, it didn't rain during my ride to work or my ride home.

Here's to a wonderful weekend!

• 54F/12C and overcast for the ride to work.
• 52F/11C and overcast for the ride home.