How Was Your Commute Today?

[Tri Girl]

Great weather the last few days. Can't believe it's this beautiful in November (but it was freezing in October so our months are just backward). Here are a couple pictures. The first is of a quiet street on my commute taken yesterday, next is a rose I found especially beautiful on the way to work, and the last is me in my library leaving school today.

Hee hee- my fenders on my bike are homemade out of an old tire, a wire hanger, some electrical tape and black duct tape. I just couldn't justify spending $80 on fenders right now- so I made some for free.

[Shara]

^ Those are pretty

My commute was WET ha ha. I was chilled for much of the day but oh well. I even had a change of clothes but hadn't put htem in a bag, in my bad. So they still got wet.

[shootingstar]

Great photo of you Tri Girl! You must have Curious George and his bicycle book somewhere in that library. Maybe you have inspired a few readers to cycle to their library.

[hoffsquared]

Rainbow on the way home! In Northern Virginia no less. Not a common occurrence.

[pfunk12]

I was on my way home from work - riding on the Capital Crescent Trail. There was a couple coming towards me riding their bikes. The woman was in my lane coming straight at me. We were on a section of the trail that is narrow and because of the leaves on the sides of the trail, it was even more narrow than usual. I really don't think that I should have to hop off the trail to let anyone get by but even if I did, I would end up in the woods - either face down or on my butt. So she's coming at me and not making any kind of attempt to move over so I shouted, "Move over!" And just as they came up on me, she moved over slightly and spit on me! I was angry for several minutes (after yelling a few expletives at her) but I decided that I needed to find my happy place again. I started greeting people as I passed them (something I often do). I was telling runners to enjoy their run and cyclists to enjoy their ride. I was getting in a better mood and starting to forget about the spitting incident. But then I got closer to home - where I was off the bike path and back on the roads. As 7rider mentioned earlier today, the traffic lights are still screwed up because of a malfunction with the computer that controls them. So traffic was still a mess. I was less than a 1/4 mile from home and because traffic was so backed up, people were actually crossing the double yellow line - coming directly at me - so that they could turn onto a side street. My bike is so lit up so it's not like they didn't see me.

On a positive note, I commuted 4 out of 4 days this week. Tomorrow is my day off from work and although I will be biking, I won't be going anywhere near work.

It's almost time to have that glass of red wine so I can really, really de-stress.