WS took off several days during the bike week. He picked the best two days, where there was actually sun during the day. However, he had great weather for the hill climbs on Wednesday and took pictures. The competition is at one of the ski areas in Gilford.
And there was great weather Thursday when they closed the Mt. Washington auto road to 4-wheel traffic and only bikes were allowed up. This is the first time he has been able to see much; usually it is cloudy and foggy on the top of the mountain (when he is there, anyway). He was happy that the sun came out!
Obviously he went with a couple of buddies - Jimmy and Ray.
They even missed the thunderstorms on the way home Wednesday, chasing the rain, but only having to deal with the wet roads. I, on hte other hand only got to see the drizzle when I left home, and the thunderstorm as I was coming home (and, naturally, in the 50's).
Thursday was a nice day all the way around, not just as the guys went up to Mt. Washington. I even got to ride in to work and see the sun on the way home (with a quick stop in Antrim to take care of some cats).
Friday, the guys didn't have anything planned. Good thing as it rained all day. It has been so dark, cold and rainny most days that the sunniest part of our lawn is beset by mushrooms.
This is about 1 square foot of the yard and it has 5 mushrooms. The rest of the yard pretty much looks like this. We have never had mushrooms grow in this area of the yard before, only in the areas that get a bit of shade. So, I'm thinking that this is a function of all the dark days we have had (pretty sad when most days I leave in the dark and get home in the dark, and the darkness is not a funtion of the time of day). Hopefully more sunny days are on the way.
Wow! I got the cheapest high speed internet from our cable provider, for us, and I am wireless (which cuts that speed in half) and I can't believe how much faster it is than dial-up. Now I can see all of your great photos each time that I log in. (On dial-up, I had set my default to less-than-great resolution - meaning, I had to refresh with full resolution, which took lots of time and frequently meant that many of the photos showed up with the dreaded box-with-an-x-in-it.)
Posted by: Cop Car | June 19, 2011 at 06:13 PM
By the way: Great photos (as usual!)
Posted by: Cop Car | June 19, 2011 at 06:20 PM
Amazing what high-speed internet will do! Glad you finally got it and are enjoying it (and the pictures).
Posted by: bogie | June 19, 2011 at 08:43 PM