Raining and such

I love living in San Diego because its sunny a majority of the year, but 2010 seems like it has brought us a lot of rain....I wasn't here for a majority of the summer, but I heard it wasn't the greatest weather.  We had a couple of really nice weeks earlier this month with 70 degree weather, so I am not sure I have much room to complain about the rain.

When will it ever stop though?  Riding my motocicleta in the rain is a bit nerve racking - I am not going to lie.  I am thankful to have transportation, but taking it super easy and being extra careful on the wet roads.

When the Yaris got trashed in June I decided not to get a car before my trip, and after returning from Europe I made a decision to go a year without a car here in San Diego.  I did buckle down and buy a motorcycle which some would say is going against what I decided to do in the first place.   Where I lived at the time I could get back and forth to Invictus where I coach clients, so not having transportation was manageable with the help of lots of rides from friends :)

I knew moving to University Heights was going to change things - I knew I'd have to get some sort of transportation, but I wasn't ready to get a car quite yet....

I shopped around and decided to get my motorcycle license - everyone I talked suggested to take the course, so I did.  I signed up for the PSC Motorcycle Safety Program which included a classroom session and 2 days on the range riding.  I was super glad to have done, and it just so happened the weekend I took the course it was raining - go figure...

I passed the course with flying colors and a couple of weeks later I had an appointment with the DMV to get everything in order.  Before taking the course I went into the DMV and took the written test and passed, and having taken the course meant I didn't have to take the driving course at the DMV.  When it was all set and done it took me about 3-4 weeks to get everything taken care of.

Once I passed the course I went to JP Motors in Chula Vista and bought my motocicleta - they were great to deal with.  I had done some shopping online and talked to quite a few people about what I'd be using the motocicleta for and got some great advice.  I called all the local shops and they seemed to be the most on point in regards to my needs.  I took the trolley down there one afternoon and next day it was delivered to mi casa :)

The day after I got my motorcicleta I drove it up to Carlsbad - freeway driving is scary, I think it's worse than driving in the rain i tell ya.  If I had a bigger bike it might be a bit sturdier, but so it is - I don't intend to be doing much freeway driving anyway.

Now its been raining for what feels like weeks, even though its only been a few days, and will most likely pass in a few days - I still don't like it!  Please make the rain go away as soon as possible, there's plenty of reasons why, but the main one for this post is because I don't like to ride my motocicleta in the rain.