Most of my riding lately has been survival riding - either at home on the trainer or at night - to try to avoid the very worst of the heat.
Amber and I rode Sunday evening but instead of going to The Crema we decided to ride the other way and eat at the Lucky Greek in Corona. This has the advantage of having a tail wind, not riding through Santa Ana at night, and adding some hills for variety.
We made good time to the Lucky Greek and I was pleased that I rode up Green River hill stronger than usual. As we were eating I noticed heavy, black clouds to the south of us that were clearly dropping rain like giant jellyfish tentacles draped over the land. That was the direction we had to ride.
Sure enough we saw a flash of lightning just as we left the restaurant and ten seconds later we heard thunder. That put the lightning strike about two miles away. A few miles later we stared feeling raindrops which we tried to ignore but pretty soon it was raining so hard it was bouncing up six feet and coming down a second time. IT WAS AWESOME!
I don't mind the rain if it isn't cold and this was like a warm shower. The thunderstorm stayed close for a while, then drifted away. I wasn't worried about being hit by lightning because the roads had buildings or trees on either side which were much taller than us.
Fantastic ride.
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