{"id":5341,"date":"2013-08-06T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5341"},"modified":"2013-08-06T05:04:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T09:04:32","slug":"leather-in-august-no-sweat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5341","title":{"rendered":"Leather in August?  No Sweat!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man, the weather in my neck of the woods has been weird&#8230; three heat waves (defined as at least three days or longer of temperatures in the mid-90s [35C] with dewpoints in the 70s [24C]) &#8230; right during the time when The Spouse and I were moving tons (literally) of rocks to build a backyard waterfall, pond, and patio.<\/p>\n<p>But come this past Sunday, a cool breeze heralded an oncoming cold front, lowering air temperatures to the 70s (24C) and dewpoints a refreshing 53F (12C), making it feel dry and cool.  Certainly not the &#8220;dog days of summer!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Time to LEATHER UP!&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bluetieblog-254x300.jpg?resize=254%2C300\" alt=\"Bluetieblog\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bluetieblog.jpg?resize=254%2C300&amp;ssl=1 254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bluetieblog.jpg?resize=127%2C150&amp;ssl=1 127w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bluetieblog.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>&#8230; while I ride my Harley to work on Monday.  Yep, I have a major meeting for the first few days this week being held on the campus of my workplace that I have to attend.  Dress up&#8230; shirt and leather tie.  Yep, you heard me&#8230; leather tie.  Adds a bright bit of color and looks good with my blue shirt, black dress slacks, and 12&#8243; shined-up black dress ropers (that have a moderate rubber sole, suitable for handling the Harley.)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ropersbike-300x220.jpg?resize=300%2C220\" alt=\"Ropersbike\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2940\" \/>For the trip on the Harley in the cool morning air (temps in the mid-50s on August 5!), I wore my black leather motorcycle chaps and a lightweight leather jacket. Protects the clothes and keeps me suitably warm without roasting.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few times when I wish I had a cell phone with the capability to take photos and transfer them to a way I can post them on this blog, but I do not.  I refuse to pay the outrageous fees charged by my cell phone provider (or any cell phone provider) for a data plan that includes the capability to transfer images taken with a cell phone.  So you will just have to imagine&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Cool air&#8230; dark (it IS quite dark now when I leave for work)&#8230; boots, chaps, leather jacket&#8230; Harley.  Great ride to work!<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  leather up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man, the weather in my neck of the woods has been weird&#8230; three heat waves (defined as at least three days or longer of temperatures in the mid-90s [35C] with dewpoints in the 70s [24C]) &#8230; right during the time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5341\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leather-lifestyle","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}