Eating Wind and Soaking Up Sunsets.

Yesterday it was one of those promised Lion-like March days. I woke up late, sleeping through my alarm and found snow and slush on the ground. Since I over-slept, I left my house a little after 8:00am.

After I reached the Western end of town, I started to feel the effects of the steady 16mph wind (up to 25mph gusts). It took me almost 45 minutes to reach the halfway point. That is at least twice as long as normal.
Thankfully, the wind continued in the same direction during the day and I sailed (almost figuratively speaking) all the way home. I made it back to my apartment in just over 30 minutes.

Going into the wind was interesting. It's very noisy all the wind you're pushing into. Also, the return of your effort on the pedals is excruciatingly low. It's one of the only times I could feel a real helpful difference between having my head up and ducking into the wind.

I've been outside when the wind is heavier, obviously, I think we all have, but I haven't experienced that on a bike in some time. I got kind of pissed off at the wind. It seemed to take on the personification of a bully, in my mind. It would not relent.

Since the clock changed on Sunday, biking back was fully lit, even though I left work at 6:45pm. So, when I leave at a reasonable hour, it's good to know I'm going to have light until September or October (I think) biking back.
However, I'm so glad I left late because I saw some beautiful sights. Here are a couple of pictures I took last night:

Hills at Sunset, Pullman, WA (the Palouse)

Sheep at Washington State University, Pullman, WA

I don't know what WSU does with those sheep, but there they are. At one time, there were goats in that enclosure.
I find it so funny that within 100 yards of this little fence, across the street, there is a bigger fenced area with bears in it. WSU does research with bears, fun fact.
And, next to the bears is the campus safety office, which is even more hilarious.
They are getting a new office further up Grimes, though, so that's good.
I really wonder who's going to have the office next to the bears now, though.
Also, I wonder if the bears ever get hungry smelling the sheep on the wind...
All around good day.

Not biking today, however, unfortunately. Bowels were not nice to me today and since I left work so late yesterday, I decided to be more relaxed with my routine this morning.
Hopefully, I'll be biking in tomorrow, but we'll see.

Later.