Water Channel

Out here, we get rain every winter. There's percolation ponds and snow accumulation and reservoirs and whatnot to catch a bunch of that rain every winter and put it to good use. There's enough buffer for a few years of drout before something needs to be done. We're reaching the point where water needs to start being conserved.

I don't really complain about having to bike through the rain to work. It's not that hard to ride through. So before the rainy season started, I started looking at exactly what I needed if I wanted to ride through the rain comfortably. Things like rain pants, a balaclavia, clear sunglasses, and a front fender. But they haven't been getting much use, because we've got a drout going on. So now that it's raining more, I'm trying not to complain too much.

This weekend is a long weekend and the Tour of California is going on. Other cyclists are watching it. I am not. The weather's been quite interesting. Finally, after a winter drought, we've got some rain. So I can't really complain about the rain, because we need it. But I figured Saturday would be my best chance to go on a nice long ride and the rainstorm yesterday and today have shown that I'm right about this.

I posted an approximate version of my route. It was a personal climb record -- I climbed 2782 feet and ended up at an altitude approaching 2000 feet up.