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15 days to Safari and 7 days to ATW. We have been anticipating the next few weeks with great relish. The weather had moderated and become summer-like which facilitated our riding efforts. But this week, we have a cold snap that is downright frigid. I don't know if we can stand to be out in it tomorrow morning. I'll have to wait and make the call in the morning but this morning was far too cold for riding. Perhaps we could just go to the fitness center for a spin. Dull but better than nothing. I just looked at the forecast and they say 20's tomorrow morning. No chance to warm up enough for riding by midday. It will hurt all the flowering things with a freeze that sharp. I am hoping it will warm sufficiently by the week's end that we can do comfortable rides down in Enterprise. I haven't seen word about the routes or who else might be coming to it. I might have just enough warm weather gear to get in a mountain bike ride Saturday morning.

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