Miserable Work Ride 12/22/2008

AHHHH - the refreshing scent of a nice rainfall.

BUT NOT THROUGH MY HELMET!!!!!!!

Yes, once again our fine weather forecasters projected it WRONG... I was anxiously anticipating the forecast for today. Eager to just take the Harley on a ride into work. My wish came true.

Viewing three different forecasts by the local media and all three confirming that rain was to be expected in the evening.

It's a GO I said - cloudy but no rain. I even went into work an hour early given the past history of these so called professionals. The ride in was perfect. Brisk morning desert air rushing against me! By 1:30 in the afternoon, sprinkle - sprinkle. By 2:00 pm, sprinkles turned into showers. By 4:00, showers turned into an on & off switch of the clouds faucet. By the time I left, someone left the faucet on!!!

Yes, I was drinched from waist to toe. By the time I made my last turn to the house, I could literally feel the water in my boot swaying up and down as I changed gears!

I live in Phoenix, AZ for crying out loud. 95% of the time the forecast calls for sun. The most they really have to do is either make that all crucial call of "Partly Cloudy" or "Partly Sunny"! OOOHHHH Difficult! So the one time they really get a chance to call something out of the ordinary, like "RAIN",,, they botch it up!!!

Being from Ohio, I always said, what is the one job that you can always be wrong and still get paid? Answer: a weatherman. That same Q/A did not change in Texas either. And now, well, Phoenix has officially joined the ranks.

Now I must go and make sure all the water is dumped out of my boots and wash the bike down.

Total Revs for this ride = Are you kidding me?

Rubber Side Down!

BAM