Today was grody to the max

I'm not whining, but what a terrible, horrible, frustrating, cold, wet, nasty day I had today. All day long nothing but cold, wet, stinging, drip into your visor rain. From being woken up at 2:30 by thunder and lightning that I thought was going to take me out, to a forecast of 3 inches of snow in Virginia Beach tonight, today has been not a good day.

When I got rolling, it was about 60°F and wet, and I expected a lot of road spray and, from the forecast, a little bit of drizzle here and there. The Weatherman that wrote that forecast was obviously on crack. The temperature dropped down to 39°F, which of course with the wind chill at 60 mph maybe 70 mph (we won't say any higher than that) in the rain, it was cold. And when I hit Virginia, it started raining, like, for real. (Oh, I just threw in a little '80s colloquialism. I've been listening to Sirius XM 80s on 8 for 10 hours today. You're fersure lucky you're only getting one colloquialism. Psych! Take a chill pill; it'll be fine. Totally.)

Despite the weather, I was still able to get in a few photo stops, mostly at dealerships. When I started out this morning at 0600, I still had on my lightweight boots and my lightweight gloves. It was not long before I changed to my heated gloves. And then later I put on my heated jacket so I could turn on my gloves. And then I turned on my jacket. And then I changed into my cold weather boots, which included changing my socks because they were wet. Despite wearing my Aerostich rain boot covers, my lightweight boots are Air Force combat boots, so suede and mesh tend to soak up the spray.

But again, my Aerostich riding suit kept me 100% dry today and all day. It was absolutely amazing. I've had I don't know how many sets of rain gear, some from Harley some from other places, and nothing has done as well as this suit. I also broke out my Aerostich glove covers, which only have three fingers, kind of like a mitten with a Vulcan cut. My gloves at the end of all day in the rain we're completely dry.

Because we're supposed to get 3 in of snow tonight, I have settled myself into a hotel room for the next two nights. The first thing I did was take a hot shower. The second thing I did was order Door Dash 🤣🤣🤣.

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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