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.