Sheesh, we go from wearing shorts and flip flops one day to lots of wet snow the next. Not that much of the snow is actually sticking to the ground, but it’s enough to make it a very wet day. How does that happen? Was it just the calm before the storm? A little teaser to make us think we could finally put our winter gear away? Yesterday just made me feel so fresh and free - bare skin soaking up all the glorious sun (with sunscreen of course) - and today, well, it’s depressing to even look out the windows much less want to venture outside for even a few minutes. And of course Haka and Kohi will suffer inside too because the thought of having to clean off their muddy little paws each time they come in ruffles my feathers. To top it off, our neighborhood streets aren’t the cleanest they have ever been with all the construction going on, and the wet snow aggravatingly turns the packs of dirt into mounds of mud - not good for bikes either.

So, yes, I am complaining but only because yesterday was seriously a gorgeous day, taunting us to pull out our summer duds from the depths of the closets and then laughing as we pull on the winter coats again today. Really though, the weather IS on the up and up and we do have it much better than many other places…like northern IL and WI where they still have a bountiful amount of snow on the ground and probably will until late April!

Hopefully the dirt roads for the infamous Koppenburg climb will ok for the race this Sunday!