The weather during my night ride last Thursday was ok but for the 30mph winds that threatened to blow me off the trail. The next day, the temperature dropped 10-20 degrees, making it feel like February again. On Saturday I had to work. We got quite a show in the afternoon, as a storm instantly filled our parking lot with rain and hail. This inclement weather really made me grumpy. At least there was something to gripe about over the weekend. When I checked the forcast for the week I saw that temperatures were to remain low, in the thirtees and low fourtees. So it goes without saying that when I stepped outside of the shop this afternoon into a beautiful warm day, I was pleasantly surprised. I decided then and there that I would be riding after work. Later, I received a message from Fern which informed me that she had concluded the same thing. Sandy allowed me to leave ten minutes early so that I could rush home, change, meet Fern, and hit the trails while there was still adequate daylight to see by. Fern and I followed a course which included two moderate climbs and one challenging climb, as well as three especially fun descents of the thrill-factors 5, 7, and 9 (on a 1-10 scale). We made it back to town just as it became too dark to ride without a light. I then stopped by the Co-op and picked up some pasta sauce and wine. I took these goods home, cleaned up, ate dinner, and accompanied Fern to the Flying M where I read The End of Faith and got angry at Christians, and Fern began knitting herself a striped hat.