The weather app said light rain for the next few minutes, then it would just be cloudy and the temperature would drop. The weather app really needs to stop lying to me.

I had the brilliant plan that I would ride the ebike over to the new house and leave it there when I went to pick up the 1999 Opel Astra I bought from the departing tenants. I mapped the course, let them know I was on my way, and departed in a light drizzle while my phone read directions to me in the bone-conduction headphones I won in a Christmas party raffle a few weeks ago.

The rain did let up a bit when I was about 1/3 of the way to Bruchmühlbach, encouraging me to continue. I turned left down the road that would take me across some fields, and that is when the hail started. It stung my face and and started soaking through my coat, my legs were already soaked through, and my phone was starting to get very moist.

Thankfully there was a short tunnel under the autobahn that I could take shelter in. When I dried off my phone, however, I apparently changed where it as trying to lead me, so I had to create my own route while heading in generally the right direction once the hail stopped.

I rode for a few kilometers without any precipitation, sliding a bit here and there on the mud, and then it started raining again. Thankfully I made it to Bruchmühlbach, got my bearings, and made it to the house. I was almost completely soaked through. My t-shirt was still dry underneath my two long-sleaved layers, but that was it. My balaclava, gloves, shoes, socks, and pants were pretty much completely wet.

I picked up the car and stashed the bike, mission success. Tomorrow I will turn in my rental car, and the Astra will be me primary mode of transport until we decide what vehicle we really want. We currently have out eye on a 2016 BMW i3 REX…

Now that I am back at the hotel and dried off, the sun has come out and the skies above me are clear. I am wondering if I should take it personally or not. I think I will reward myself with Döner for dinner as a consolation prize.