Vendredi

Aujourd'hui est vendredi. Il fait gris, ici. D'habitude il fait plus beau. Il pleut, aussi.
Today is Friday. It is dull/gray here. Usually it is nicer. It is raining, also. (So, Emily -- how did I do? Remember the standard is not fluency, but understandability. However, any and all suggestions for improvements are most welcome.)

Le Vent -- The Wind

Il y a du vent ici. (It is windy here.)Il y a trop de vent pour monter mon vélo. (It is too windy to ride my bicycle.)

Edited version: Il y a trop de vent pour aller faire un tour sur mon vélo. (It is too windy to go for a ride on my bike.)

Mon Velo et Moi

Il fait froid ici, aujourd' hui. J'ai roulé mon velo à la plage. La feuille rouge est sur le sable.
J'ai un livre. Un livre en français. Je ne sais pas pourquoi.

January Miles

Florida miles are strictly recreational -- that's been my theory for a while, and it still makes sense to me. I can't quite resist keeping track of my mileage, but I have no goals for the month. January is the only month in my bike log that has a zero next to it since I started keeping detailed records in January of 2001, the year of the first TRAM. That zero is in 2004. TOPWLH was recovering from by-pass surgery, I was working full time and we did not come to Florida that year.

My first bike ride of this year was pretty ordinary, to the beach and back. It's a cold day by Florida standards, with a high in the low 50's. Freeze advisories are out for nearly every night this week, and there is concern for the orange groves. The north wind felt chilly, but I was plenty warm enough in a base layer, sweatshirt, vest, tights, long fingered gloves and helmet liner. I still haven't figured out if it is twenty-ten or two thousand ten, but I do know that January of 2010 has some miles on record. It's a start.