What I Love about the South

The weather! Although we will all miss the snow we had in Germany for the past few years, I am absolutely going to love the mild winters of North Carolina for the next couple of years! We're having temperatures in the high 60s and low 70s this weekend. P. and I took the motorcycles out this afternoon. The only bad thing about today is that it took him longer than he expected to get some other things done, so it was later by the time we took the bikes out than we had hoped. Oh well, at least we were able to ride a little bit. The kids are with his folks this weekend, so tomorrow we plan to spend the day riding.

We would absolutely not be able to do this in Germany. I remember one year we already had quite a bit of snow on the ground by Thanksgiving. The cold weather doesn't bother me so much, until the wind starts blowing. I could definitely do without the wind in the wintertime. That and the ice on the roads. I have no desire to be out on two wheels if there's ice on the roads. So we definitely plan to take advantage of the warmer weather here while we can.

This afternoon we planned to ride up to Smithfield, which is a little over an hour away, especially by motorcycle since we avoid the interstate. We got about halfway there, came to a Stop sign, and P. told me he didn't know whether he wanted to go all the way to Smithfield or not. It was getting pretty chilly. We were both thinking about how cold it would be after the sun went down. We got an idea on the way back. It was pretty chilly. Plus I neglected to layer, so I was colder than I would have been otherwise. Oh well...nobody to blame there but myself.

Since the kids are with the grandparents, hopefully we'll be able to sleep in a bit tomorrow morning, but not too late since we want to get up and ride while the weather's nice.

Sometimes I love the South!