an informal race

I have been doing a lot of laundry today, so I took the opportunity to monitor an informal race between Mother Nature and my faithful clothes dryer.  I hung a load of laundry out and came right in and put another in the dryer.  And the winner is...of course, Mother Nature.  The load that was outside was damp but wearable and the load in the dryer wasn't even close.  Now, it is an atypically windy day here (though warm) but I've found similar results on warmer but not as windy days.  Hooray for free laundry drying!