Yesterday I needed to be in San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay. Some neighbors were driving to the West Bay, er, Peninsula. I put my folding bike into their trunk and got a ride with them.

This let me ride across the bay via the Dumbarton Bridge! The ride was much easier and more pleasant than I expected.

I linked a bunch of errands, all via bike, into this trip. In the end, it was 9 errands and 50 miles of riding. At one point I was slightly lost - I knew I was on the correct side of a certain freeway, headed in the correct compass direction, and that within 10 miles I'd encounter the cross street I was looking for.

Even after 50 miles of pedal pushing, I don't feel a thing - no soreness, no tiredness. I think this trip must be in the top 5 of my single day riding distances.

This commute did end on a bit of a sour note. I forgot my sunglasses hooked onto my bike's handlebars while I had dinner. They were gone when I returned. At least I got two years of use out of them.