Weird weather, 3 hours all the same

The weather was weird today. Strong storm w/ hail were predicted to roll in around 1 p.m. and go all day. Josh and Dan wanted to come down to ride, so we planned on leaving early(er) to miss the storms. Ryan and Fred from BGI left w/ us and we headed out St Rd 446 to do the Hoosier Hills 60k route. We got out to Lake Monroe (side note: we saw Melloncamp’s tour bus leaving his house for the free NCAA show in Indy he’s doing tonight) and just as we were starting to climb out of the causeway that crosses the lake, it started absolutely pouring. We turned around and headed back. Once we got a little ways in, it cleared up so Josh, Dan and I decided to go in on route I know that is a shorter Hoosier Hills option. Well, we got to the Fairfax State Recreation Area (SRA) and the road was under about 4 feet of water. So we turned around and just kind of found our way back into town, rather than re-trace. Once we got into town, it was nice, but really windy (20-30mph), so we decided we would go out and climb this one hill that’s just north of town at Griffey Lake. Once we got there it was even nicer, so we opted to make a loop and head in. During this loop it turned bad looking again, and we thought for sure we were going to get dumped on again at any minute. We didn’t though. Like I said, it was weird. So we got in and put in just over 3 hours. We covered only 53 miles (17.5 av), but with the wind we had to deal w/, that’s not too bad plus we had to skirt through town to get from the flooded rd to the loop we did. Once we got home we met up W/ Lindsay, who rode her MTB on the Clear Creek Trail hooked up w/ Ryan and Sarah, who went and ran after Ryan got home, and got some burritos. We sat outside and had coffee too. It was a really nice day, barring the wind and forgetting that we got completely rained on earlier. Again, weird weather, but I’m glad we got in 3 hours. It was a good ride back after being sick because it was all base really. I have a cough, but my throats fine so I‘m solid.