The time is short my friends...

When the calendar says November, and the temperatures are in the twenties at night and just peak in the 40's during the day, well -- you know that things are about to wrap up for the season. I have been resisting this with every thought and action I can muster, but time is short now.

Today I began cleaning the street bikes in preparation for winter storage. I think that the ZRX is likely done for this year, with one more trip to the gas station to top off and run stabilizer through the system. Then plugged in, covered up and see you in the spring.

I'm hoping that we catch a break around here again this year as we did last season. Last year I rode through the first weekend in December, and that was the first time since perhaps the '80's. It seems that it gets harder every year to let go. When the sun is out and the air is still and you are standing in the driveway, even if it is 45 degrees before you add a 70mph windchill, riding is what you must do.

Last week we saw a 3-day warm spell where the temps got up over 70 one day and over 60 after that. I couldn't get out of work fast enough, and if I hadn't been absolutely locked in, I'd have taken a day or two off. As it was I got out for an hour on two of those evenings while the sun was still up.

A couple of us got out for a few hours this past Saturday and even though it was 50 and cloudy and we did get sprinkled on at one point, it was totally worth it. Then it got cold. A little snow as reminder of what is coming.

If we could just get ... one .... more... day...