Well, in an unseasonal turn of the weather (with all this talk of global warming, seasons seem to lack meaning...) we wound up getting hit with a major rainstorm out of Canada. Originally this was billed as "there will be some rain but it will pass quickly..." but in reality it was like turning on a firehose in a number of passes.
Friday night, the storm front rolled into the San Fernando Valley and it was soon discharging at full blast. When I got up the next morning, it appeared that it had come and gone so I proceeded to the stables (I didn't get there until about 10:30 am). I proceeded to tack up and decided to just ride around the property (after looking at another front of dark clouds rolling in from the northwest).
I managed to get in a nice ride for about 45 minutes but then...wham! Someone turned on the firehose again! I can do some riding in the rain but this was too much so Max and I beat a hasty retreat to the barn (I was more concerned about my new/used trail saddle than anything else).
I got everything put away and Max cooled off but boy, the rain started getting worse. Oh, and did I mention the thunder and lightning? Finally after making sure Max was OK, I went home.
Jeeze I hate winter! We were having a real nice ride too...oh well, maybe tommorow.
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