Labor Of Love

Looking north from the south end of Lovers Lane near Boltonville.

Today, the first 70° day since October 19, I painted the roads for next Saturday’s Cheesehead Roubaix. Stopping at almost every intersection for 63 miles makes for a long day out. With lunch in Port Washington and an unexpected visit to a hardware store to replace a couple of spray paint cans that failed, I needed almost 6 hours to get the job done. I think we got as high as 78° by late afternoon, so this was the right day for painting. We’re expecting rain early tomorrow, then a big temperature drop back into the 40s by late Sunday night. Then we’re looking at freezing overnight temperatures on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and highs in the 40s for the remainder of the 10-day forecast. This year’s Cheesehead Roubaix, like most editions of Cheesehead Roubaix, looks chilly. But the show will go on, fair weather or foul.