Another beautiful sunrise ride… although I’m thinking I might need to pull out the heavy Winter gloves soon?! It was pretty chilly this morning… colder than I expected. I love Fall, but I’m not a big fan of frozen fingers while riding so soon. Can’t we hang on to the warmer weather for a few more weeks… please, oh please, oh please?!

Another dark start to another cloudless morning along the lakefront. Chilly breezes that evolved in to bright orange skies… and that perfect moment of alignment with a “natural” light in the lighthouse!

As the sunrise gets later & later in the day, I find that my morning ride is staying darker for more of the miles! This morning it was pretty much black when I started out… with a few airplanes lining up to land at O’Hare! Luckily, at about the halfway point, the sun began to illuminate the sky… and we were treated with a nice sunrise just before I made it home!

After too many mornings of rain, it was great to have finally see the sun… and a “dry” bike trial along the lakefront. Sure, the clouds were still shrouding the skyline, and it was a bit chillier than I expected… but the sun finally made an appearance & brightened my day!

Okay, so I’ve been a little busy… a little too busy to post sunrise photos on a timely basis… but NEVER too busy to pedal for the sunrise! Like this ride from yesterday morning… before the big storm clouds moved in later in the day!

Pretty much sums up my life!
Now if I could just find that groovy outfit?!

After a week of clouds & rain… a week of IRONMAN recovery… and a week of blisters healing… it felt GREAT to finally get back out on my bike this morning! Sure, it was cloudy & windy… but so much to be outside playing along the lakefront again!

I had a very colorful morning today. The clouds continued to change as the miles continued to pass. Breezy clouds wisping across the sky, with a few contrails mixed in for good measure!

Yesterday morning we had some crazy-cool crashing waves breaking all over the lakefront. Windy, loud & misty from the crashing waves. So much fun riding… as well as stopping to “capture” some of the crashing waves! Timing is everything… timing to get the photo, and timing to NOT get caught in the splash!!!

We started the morning with some simple clouds, but they quickly blew away! Leaving behind a lot of clear skies & brilliant sunshine!

But yesterday…