What Happened to Spring?

It’s not quite summer yet on the calendar but the plants on the trail beg to differ. Just a few short weeks ago RL was playing peek-a-boo with the camera by hiding in the overgrown mustard weeds that had invaded our local trails.

Lance was riding off onto some hardpacked singletrack with his Vassago amidst a ton of overgrown green plants.

And our state parks/local rides had hills that looked like this.

When I went mountain biking before work this morning I was still expecting nice greenery. But instead, I was greeted with yellow and brown. Not that I’m complaining mind you, especially when parts of the US are still getting snow. But it seems that Spring is already gone for us in So. Cal.

The great thing about yellow & brown is that it can be ridden through all season long and it also makes for a long season. Although the weather has been a little weird this past week, after temps in the 90s last week, yellow and brown will probably be here to stay until at least the next Daylight Savings Time Change in October if not longer.

What happened to Spring? It’s been replaced by a long summer. Ride on.