Vernal Equinox Ride - We now have true "Spring".  Or at least Sol, our star, is directly over the equator and casting solar brilliance equally between the tellurian hemispheres.  This ride starts about 45 minutes pre-equinox, thus we will ride from Winter into Spring.  Once astronmical Winter is at our backs we will roll headlong towards Summer!

Ride is variation of the B-B-B-WR with Wheeler and Western. There are a descent of Garrison and a brief section on Shawan. This version avoids the Cuba Rd closure. Pass Veloccino at mile 17 and Oregon Ridge at mile 26 for any breaks.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53498320

Riding "global warming vernal pace" with moments of enthusiasm countered by regrouping.  Come Join the Fun!

The Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on EUMETSAT's Meteosat-9 captured these four views of Earth from geosynchronous orbit. The images show how sunlight fell on the Earth on December 21, 2010 (upper left), and March 20 (upper right), June 21 (lower left), and September 20, 2011 (lower right). Each image was taken at 6:12 a.m. local time.  On March 20 and September 20, the terminator is a straight north-south line, and the Sun is said to sit directly above the equator.