Tis a Portentious Day!

This morning I went out for a bike ride. I know that doesn't sound like much; certainly doesn't seem on the surface to make for a "portentious day" - so let me explain. My last bike ride was June 15 at 5 am. See, in Vegas, the sun is up by 5 am in June, and baby, when that sun gets up, the heat turns on. So while the low temp. just before sunrise may be 85º, by 5:30 it's 90º, by 7 am it's easily 100º. Now, I can ride in 85º with 5% humidity no problem. But getting up at 4:30 am to ride my bike is just not something I want to do. So, I resort to indoor workouts at 78º (keeping the AC bill down!). I MUCH prefer 15 miles on a bike outside than 3 miles on a treadmill inside.

But - TODAY - the gorgeous sunrise was at 6:05 am, with a lovely temp of 80º and 4% humidity and no wind. By 7:30 am when I returned home it was only 84º. Now that's nice! Not that 5:30 am is a great time to rise, but worth it to get back in the groove of early morning, quiet, peaceful bike rides. And as the days continue to get shorter, I can get up later. Makes me happy, and that's a good thing.

The portentious part? It's the sign that summer, and it's gawdawful heat is almost over. I'm ready for the change of season and the spectacular fall weather of Vegas. You snowbirds can think of it this way - July/August in Vegas compares to the cabin-fever months of January/February in the north.

I like today's quote!

Make it a good one today, ya'll!