Winter doesn’t suck. Around here it just drips.

And drips, and drips, and splashes, and oozes. Then, just for fun it drips some more.

Consequently, winter riding drips. I know….I hear you saying it: That’s what rain gear is for, Kick! Yeah, well, I got rain gear. Winter still drips, dammit.

I sit here, in the house, watching the steady drizzle of our glorious Pacific Northwest, thinking, “Hey, that’s what makes this part of the country so green and beautiful all year ‘round!”

That type of thinking is called ‘putting a good face on tragedy’. I’d rather be riding and that’s all there is to it.

Oh, I DO go out in the rain. All the time. I strap on the gear and ride with a smile on my face, but it isn’t as much fun as in the sunshine, and anyone who says so is selling rain gear.

Drip, drip, drip.

I contemplate the various, small rotten-weather tasks I could do in the garage. Routine maintenance and those little fix-it projects that, somehow, don’t seem to get done in the summer. Yeah! I could go out there and stick in the new battery and troubleshoot that intermittent flickering tail light. Probably should slap some blue lock-tite on the mirror that is a little loose.

Drip, drip, drip

You know how the Eskimos have over 200 words for ‘snow’? Well, here in the Pacific Northwest, we have over 200 words for ‘rain’. Rain, sleet, drizzle, mist, heavy mist, damp, groundwater, puddling, piddling, frog strangler, downpour, sheeting rain, driving rain, freezing rain, hail, rain and snow mixed, wet frost, dew, condensation, morning showers, afternoon showers, frigging never-ending showers!

I must really be bored. I should be out riding. Yeah, that’s it! I’ll go for a ride! All I have to do is get out the riding jacket, boots, Thinsulate shirt and gloves, rain pants, rain jacket, helmet, keys (oops, gotta take off the gloves and put the keys in the OUTSIDE pocket).

By the time I get all geared up, the rain will probably stop. Then I have to take all this junk off again!

Drip, drip, drip.

Now where did I put that parts catalogue? I should get that list of pieces figured out so I can get the parts ordered. That would be a GREAT rotten-weather project, too! No time like the winter to do some upgrades and spruce-up stuff. It might even be a good time to add those shelves and cabinets in the garage!

Maybe I should get another cup of coffee, so I’m energized and all ready to go. No point in doing a project unless you have enough caffeine! While it’s brewing, maybe I’ll just check the game on TV.

Yeah, I could just watch for a while and have my coffee. Then I’ll be good and ready for those projects.

Drip, drip, drip.

Geez, the day is almost shot now. And that garage gets dang cold in the evening. I should take a trip to the McHome Hardware Mega Depot Store and get a good, strong space heater. Then I could work out there whenever I wanted to. I oughta grab six-pack for the garage fridge while I’m out, too. Ya never know, a buddy might stop by and it wouldn’t be cool to have nothing to offer.

Oh man, the game is just getting good. Maybe I’ll watch the rest of it and get a good start on all this stuff in the morning. Yeah….that’s it.

Ride safe out there. I’ll be right with ya.