Addendum of course...

Its August 24th and I thought, hoped, and prayed that I was done riding in the rain. The good news is that when I rode today I didn't actually get rained on; the bad news is that it snowed instead. I'm up in Leadville, CO which brags about its 10,000 feet elevation.

When we were driving  south on the Cassiar Highway way up in Canada we noticed that some of the Aspen trees were already changing color signaling the approaching Fall.  Even at 10,000 feet here in Leadville the Aspen probably won't start showing their Fall colors for another month so I was a tad bit surprised to ride through snow showers while enjoying Leadville's  great  Mineral Belt Trail.

I took the picture above across from the Leadville golf course where they were still wacking the little round ball while dressed in shorts. Looking back the way I had come the cloud cover cleared just enough to catch a glimpse of the snow covered peaks. Not bad for a summer bike ride but definitely unanticipated as far as the snow goes.

Who knows? Maybe they'll be firing up the snow making guns at the nearby ski areas in time for September skiing. That would be a first and most likely won't happen but here's hoping! Now, where'd I put my bike tights and booties...