The ride home was actually a lot easier than the ride in. My ride isn't uphill both ways...or at least it's more uphill on the way in than back. I took the left lane at both turns, and though I didn't do it very confidently and I'm sure I could do better, I didn't have any serious trouble, either. So that's good! I made it in forty-five or fifty minutes, just about...by car it takes me thirty-five a lot of days. I can live with a few extra minutes - especially since usually I've been crankily trying to get home so I can ride my bike!

I have a yellow mesh vest to wear, but right now I'm still toting stuff in a backpack, so I'm not sure how much good it would do. I folded it up and put it on my rack with a cargo net, so at least folks behind me would see me ahead of time. I'll be happier when I'm wearing it, dorky as it is. It's actually a road crew style one, so I need to do some playing with safety pins to get it usable. ;-)

So...now to see if I feel up to it tomorrow. A nearly 25 mile round trip is a bit much to bite off every day, but we shall see. I was amazed at how much easier it was doing it one half at a time than it was doing it all at once like I did on my weekend dry runs!