"Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles"
writes:

10/19/04- STILL THERE'LL BE MORE. A great song from the way-back
days by Procol Harum. What made it appropriate today was the line
"I'll bathe my eyes in a river of salt" which was exactly what
happened on this morning's ride. Not because it was hot, but because
it was raining. Really raining. Absolutely dumping, in fact, for
the first seriously wet ride of the season... which means that all
the salt in your helmet pads (which you should have cleaned
beforehand but never got around to) was liberated by the stream of
water pouring down through your helmet. Ouch!

In a peculiar way, the season's first rain ride is something I look
forward to.

Wow, Mike, you live in an entirely different climate than I do. Here
in Minnesota, you'd have this opportunity a couple of times a week
about 35 weeks a year. The rest of the weeks are below freezing...