Cruel spring

I have often wondered what it would be like to live in a place without seasons. You see deep down inside I am a beach bum wannabe. Give me sun, heat and humidity most days of the year and I'd be happy. And I would be happy in part because I would be able to get out and clear my head on a bike almost any day I would want.

I think about these things during terrible stretches of weather each spring, stretches like the one we are in right now around SE Wisconsin. Just when you think we've turned the corner and the riding routine is kicking back in Mother Nature decides that most of April is going to be just another wasted month. But I guess the great hope here lies in the fact that this craptacular weather can't last forever. Maybe when it comes to the spring weather situation here it's like the old saying...

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

So I guess I won't quit on Wisconsin springtime...yet. I think about it quite a bit though, especially when it's 40-something and raining outside!