I asked my daughter how she was going to school today. If she bikes or walks, and I don't have an early meeting, I go with her and then go to work. It was cold & rainy and she couldn't decide: bike, walk, or drive? Finally she said "You pick." So we walked.

Not even a block later she said she was glad we walked. The wind in the red & green tree against the dark gray clouds was SO dramatic. The rain was a light sprinkle. We were well dressed for the weather, our faces slightly chilled but the rest of us warm as we worked up some heat.

A few yards after that, a neighbor offered us a ride. Before I could say anything she had said, "No thanks, we're enjoying our walk."

She got to school and I turned around to walk home. The wind had been at our backs and was now driving tiny stinging drops of rain into my eyes. I enjoyed the excitement but she would not have liked that part.

I decided to bike to work, instead of walk. I have the right clothes for biking in cold rain, and it'll save time coming home this evening.