How Was Your Commute Today?

[Bike Writer]

Commuted to work today and have yet to go home but it's no big deal because it's so short. More of a protest against high gas prices. The weather has not been conducive to commutes up until a week or so ago. Going to try to commute as often as possible. My biggest obstacle is out of the office meetings on some days.

[redrhodie]

Fun commute, as always. Riding my bike is always the best part of going to work. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but I don't know if I would love it as much if I had to drive there more than once in a while. It's a nice ride, by the ocean, then up a bike path, which goes through woods and swamps. At this time of the year, there's not much traffic on the path, but in a few weeks, it will get to busy with kids on summer break. Right now, it's pretty serene.

I always pass an old man on the path, who walks 2 old dogs. He stops off to the side, giving me the whole path, nodding his head as I pass. It's very chivalrous. I can tell how early or late I am by where he is. We are both creatures of habit.

I don't get these human connections when I drive.

[Tri Girl]

I always pass an old man on the path, who walks 2 old dogs. He stops off to the side, giving me the whole path, nodding his head as I pass. It's very chivalrous. I can tell how early or late I am by where he is. We are both creatures of habit.

I don't get these human connections when I drive.

I love that you said this. I meet a man on my way to work almost every morning. He's walking to work, it seems, and always eating an apple or a banana when I pass him. A couple weeks ago I saw him much further down the street than normal, so I looked at my watch and sure enough-I was running late. We always say "good morning." I can't wait until it's warm enough that I can actually see his whole head to know what he looks like without being all bundled up.