Florida's Dry Season?
Inches of Rain and this is the Dry Season?
The top 50% of Florida got 100% of all available rain in the last 96 hours. Daytona's twin 125's were lucky to have not been hit last Thursday. Ditto Friday's truck race, and Saturday's (what used to be called the Busch) race. Running of today's Daytona 500 isn't shaping up like a done deal, but with Florida, you can never really say for sure if it'll be wet or dry. That's because we're surrounded by water & anything can happen. This is our "dry" season, prone to wildfires, in the usually dry palmetto thicket, which is unusually wet right now.
What's this mean for Bike Week Weather?
On a personal level, ABM thinks that the longer weather remains dry, the better the chance that it'll get wet, (although in a college statistics course, the prof presented proof to the contrary). I still don't really believe him, and am going with, "if it's wet now, maybe it'll be dry then." Temps took an early dive this year, right after Biketoberfest, then became unusually high for months, before the big freeze of late Jan/Feb. We had one of the warmest Novembers & Decembers ABM can remember.
We rode every single day, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years. People at my grocery store thought I'd sold the pickup truck. This winter really rocked, and never has there been so many bikes on the road during what is usually our "off" season.
I'td better be warm. We're going Camping!
Got the check in the mail for reservation of an rv site at 50 bucks a night. Yesterday, they had only about a dozen left, (see last blog for details). When the rv sites are sold, there's still virtually unlimited primitive camp sites available, excellent security, inside the fairground property. Hot showers are provided with the camping so you can keep yourself presentable, and in a non smelly state of hygiene! ABM used to book a Daytona hotel room for 75-90/night, until the europeans, flush with cash from the falling us dollar took over the entire beach strand, driving up prices to what can only be described as a monetary nosebleed level. What used to cost 75 now costs 160 and up. For a dude who waited 7 years to buy his first hdtv, spending 160 a night for a filthy room & an unsecure place to park the bikes is not an option. Why not simply commute? Round trip, not including screwing around Daytona is 200 miles from the world-famous, ultra-secure ABM compound, at a time when the better half is still getting her riding chops. Also not an option. So, we camp on, dude.. happy to be camping at 70% off the hotel rate. We'll spend the extra cash on Oysters, Tequila & Coronas!
ABM ROCKS ON TWITTER!
Bikers who access this blog through www.americanbikerminute.com will be happy to know we've enlisted the help of our forward thinking group of talented internet indivuals to bring you this blog, and a podcast of American Biker Minute on Twitter!
These days new technology arrives so quickly, if you don't have kids, you won't know anything about it until you see it on tv! Twitter will allow you to hear a new American Biker Minute show every day. Just go to www.Twitter.com/abmrocks to grab the podcast, read the blog, drop us a line if you wish.
What Could Possibly Be Better?
TWO VERY LARGE GIRLS WRESTLING ON A TEN FOOT PILE OF COLE SLAW!
Is this sexist? YOU BET. Who but the village people would want to see two dudes go at it in coleslaw? Ahh, Daytona Bike Week. The sights, the sounds, the... Coleslaw.
Next blog!
The top 50% of Florida got 100% of all available rain in the last 96 hours. Daytona's twin 125's were lucky to have not been hit last Thursday. Ditto Friday's truck race, and Saturday's (what used to be called the Busch) race. Running of today's Daytona 500 isn't shaping up like a done deal, but with Florida, you can never really say for sure if it'll be wet or dry. That's because we're surrounded by water & anything can happen. This is our "dry" season, prone to wildfires, in the usually dry palmetto thicket, which is unusually wet right now.
What's this mean for Bike Week Weather?
On a personal level, ABM thinks that the longer weather remains dry, the better the chance that it'll get wet, (although in a college statistics course, the prof presented proof to the contrary). I still don't really believe him, and am going with, "if it's wet now, maybe it'll be dry then." Temps took an early dive this year, right after Biketoberfest, then became unusually high for months, before the big freeze of late Jan/Feb. We had one of the warmest Novembers & Decembers ABM can remember.
We rode every single day, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years. People at my grocery store thought I'd sold the pickup truck. This winter really rocked, and never has there been so many bikes on the road during what is usually our "off" season.
I'td better be warm. We're going Camping!
Got the check in the mail for reservation of an rv site at 50 bucks a night. Yesterday, they had only about a dozen left, (see last blog for details). When the rv sites are sold, there's still virtually unlimited primitive camp sites available, excellent security, inside the fairground property. Hot showers are provided with the camping so you can keep yourself presentable, and in a non smelly state of hygiene! ABM used to book a Daytona hotel room for 75-90/night, until the europeans, flush with cash from the falling us dollar took over the entire beach strand, driving up prices to what can only be described as a monetary nosebleed level. What used to cost 75 now costs 160 and up. For a dude who waited 7 years to buy his first hdtv, spending 160 a night for a filthy room & an unsecure place to park the bikes is not an option. Why not simply commute? Round trip, not including screwing around Daytona is 200 miles from the world-famous, ultra-secure ABM compound, at a time when the better half is still getting her riding chops. Also not an option. So, we camp on, dude.. happy to be camping at 70% off the hotel rate. We'll spend the extra cash on Oysters, Tequila & Coronas!
ABM ROCKS ON TWITTER!
Bikers who access this blog through www.americanbikerminute.com will be happy to know we've enlisted the help of our forward thinking group of talented internet indivuals to bring you this blog, and a podcast of American Biker Minute on Twitter!
These days new technology arrives so quickly, if you don't have kids, you won't know anything about it until you see it on tv! Twitter will allow you to hear a new American Biker Minute show every day. Just go to www.Twitter.com/abmrocks to grab the podcast, read the blog, drop us a line if you wish.
What Could Possibly Be Better?
TWO VERY LARGE GIRLS WRESTLING ON A TEN FOOT PILE OF COLE SLAW!
Is this sexist? YOU BET. Who but the village people would want to see two dudes go at it in coleslaw? Ahh, Daytona Bike Week. The sights, the sounds, the... Coleslaw.
Next blog!
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