Fake Fall

As I posted a few weeks ago, the kids are back in school and riding though town was a little more challenging, because of the increased traffic. Since then, the ride has become easier, because the temperatures have been better. Which means I can ride later int he morning and the school traffic is not there. For those who live where you get four seasons, let me explain. Our temperatures here until this past week or so have still been in the mid to high 80’s at 8 o’clock in the morning with humidity in the ick range ( that’s the range where you stop moving on your bike and the sweat pours out of you like you were standing in a shower). This past week, the humidity has dropped to the not bad range and the temperatures at 9 o’clock have still been in the 70s, which is a very pleasant temperature to ride in.

On my ride this morning, I stopped for my coffee as usual and the barista and I were talking and she mentioned that the weather was very nice the last couple of days and that the evenings had been wonderful. She was right. our weather is fantastic right now. That’s not to say that it hasn’t been warm in the sun or that we still aren’t getting afternoon downpours, no we are still getting them and still running the air conditioning 24/7, but it has gotten to the point where we can sit outside in the morning and the evenings.

Now, here in Florida, the people who are originally from here laugh at the implants and tell them not to get too excited about this weather, that it will get back to being hot very soon. They actually call this the first “Fake Fall”. meaning that the weather is cooling off enough to make you think fall is coming, but nah, just kidding. What makes us laugh s that they don’t think we had the same thing up north. We would get days in September and October that would be in the 60’s and maybe even the low 50’s over night and then we would spike up into the 80’s. So, it doesn’t really matter to us, what they call it, it happens all over.

What does matter to us, is the fact that we get to enjoy these mornings and evenings, the way they need to be enjoyed. No rush, no stress, just loving the opportunity to be outside and loving the Life. The other day, the weather was so nice, we sat outside and watched some college football in the evening. Soon, we’ll be able to enjoy sitting out in the afternoons and start eating outside again. That’s one of the greatest things about living in Florida and about Living the Life. You can enjoy the little things like sitting outside during the day and eating meals surrounded by nature. And having a nice drink as the sun goes down and not having a care in the world. Hopefully you get a chance to do some of this, no matter where you live this time of year, during your Fake Fall.

So, if you are Living the Life or are working towards it and are enjoying the weather…

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