Groundhog at work again?

I'm convinced it's him again. The same varmint who took away our spring and turned summer into a rainy deluge (see March and April posts) has gone south to cause trouble.

Bunny wishes everyone safe travel home for the holidays (yes, even you rival FAST members). However I'm thinking in my own greedy way that the bad weather, travel delays, and facility closures must be affecting mileage down there.

Meanwhile it's business as usual up here. Adversity is what this place is all about. If you want to stay up all summer night riding bikes, golfing at 2am, and playing outside with the moose then you've got to be tough enough to make it through the cold and the big dark. That adversity attracts a special kind of character; a blend of toughness and wackiness. The kind of people who ride bikes on frozen lakes on New Years Eve (yes we did!) and who shun sports drinks for marshmallow Peeps. It takes people like this to make our sport thrive in impossible conditions.

Yes, the Groundhog is throwin' it at 'em down south. Now it's their turn to grit their teeth and keep-on keepin'-on. Welcome to our world.