Roadtrippin’….headed outta town for my pottery POP-UP today at Maurie’s Sugar Shoppe in Eureka!

Lots of clouds. Lots of wind… with rain predicted for later in the day, this morning was a bit blustery with a race for the sun to rise before the sky covered with clouds. Beautiful… but the clouds won!!!

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?!

At some point, after taking so many pictures of the morning sunrise… you gotta try something different now & again!

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!

Always good to have a little early morning sunrise “affirmation” along the Chicago River… made me smile! Thanks.

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!