A late afternoon ride on a sunny day with some warmth. Spent the morning up in the mountains doing trail work. At noon near 3500' of elevation, in the middle of January, it was t-shirt weather. Very low snow year so far.

Sunny and warmer again. The water in the Straits of Juan de Fuca was like glass and Mt. Baker loomed on the horizon full of snow. So warm though, in fact, that I have one tulip pushing through the ground in my front yard. Saw people mowing their lawns again on today's ride. I need to do that as well. It's not quite winter, not quite spring. Let's call it sprinter.

Sunshine today...so warm that I heard frog croaking yesterday and today. Seems a bit premature for their big wake up.

Got a late start today and the urgency of waning light helped me up my average speed. Thick fog all day long which kept fogging up the eyewear, even with anti-fog on them.

Stayed dry on wet roads but the wind was starting to rise at the finish. I'm enjoying using my Roam Elemnt to track miles and elevation. I'm always late adopter of the new. Stuck with tiny Cateye bike computers for years and the occasional Strava data.

I'm getting lucky with some rain breaks occurring during daylight hours. Looks like after today the rains clear out for a while and it will be unseasonably warm.

Looked like rain at the start but it held off and got some filtered sunlight. Glad I had the rain jacket on because it was a cold breeze. Less than 6400 to go to get to 150,000 miles in 20 years.

Felt cold at the start due to the humidity level, but some filtered sunlight came out and made things tolerable. Even though it's fairly flat where I live, I seem to be getting over 500 ft of elev gain every ride.

Forecast said no rain but I got drizzled on 3 times. Luckily just short bursts that were very light. It's been a "warm" winter so far, even though the freezing level is down to about 1500'. Here near the shoreline its been staying just above freezing so far. I hope it stays that way.

Stayed on the roads today as there is still some standing water on the dike and trail system and I am enjoying having a relatively clean drivetrain. No need to muck it up unless some really interesting ride comes to mind.

Blinding low altitude sun in the early morning. The route chose itself as I had to ride with my back to the sun. Glare off wet pavement was just too hard to see where I was going. This may be my only time this year in 1st place on the website but I'll still enjoy the brief moment.

Tried and failed to beat the rain. Last 4 miles was a little wet. Got the hat trick today...weight workout, trail work, then a late ride.

Tried to hit the mid-afternoon rays but that window closed fast and I got rain falling from clear blue skies instead.

Rains seems to be just hanging in the air but I beat it back home. Very humid and 45 F.

Did a bike cleaning and lubing last night and what a difference that made today. I resolve to do basic maintenance more often in 2026.