Bicycle Commuting Mama: Are You Ready For Rain?
Because I’m not. I looked out at the downpour this morning in Portland, Oregon, and promptly went into whine mode.
Yes, we’ve gone from sub-freezing temperatures to a soaking rain. Temperatures are getting into the 40′s, so at least we’re not so cold. The problem is that I don’t have rain pants I had some, but they disappeared this past spring (I still haven’t figured out how). They were very close to being worn out anyway; they were just old hiking pants that I bought in, oh, 1993 or 1994, and the seams were beginning to come apart.
I am wearing a rain poncho, which is fine for the top half of me. But it really isn’t enough protection. Today I suffered through an entire morning with cold, damp legs. I have an idea for making rain chaps and shoe covers out of an old vinyl tablecloth, but I haven’t implemented it yet. If I don’t do it this week, I’ll definitely do it over the winter break, when I’m not working.
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December 15th, 2009
I can only imagine. I went out this morning and from the parking lot to the store’s front door, my feet were soaked and the bottome two inches of my pants were soaked. I got what I needed and came home to change before going out to lunch with my daughter. I can only imagine what riding a bike in this weather would do.
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