Except that I have to go back in Saturday I'm off for a bout a week and a half. I rode to downtown anyway for the Bike To Work day SWAG.

Thanks AG for explaining that means Stuff We All Get, i never knew!

The stuff we learn here

Had a decent ride to BART, on the way in I stood next to a construction worker probably does not think of himself as a cyclist. I usualy don't bring the road bike to work and he was eyeing it with obvious curiosity. He had an ancient steel Schwinn which I complimented, he obviously keeps it cleaned, lubed and adjusted. He shrugged (English may not be his first language) he was thinking about another bike Box Store type mountain bike. We had only two stops to go I skipped the "get a helmet" lecture and just said that he had what a lot of people feel is a classic bike, like classic cars. Told him people collect those and fix them up. He was surprised. And it's a near perfect bike for city rides. Complimented him on the work he'd done on it. I left, he was smiling.

Rude folks at the station, hey, if you let me and others GET OUT of the train first before pouring in...

I missed the pancake breakfast by 15 minutes but that's ok. I ran into some old friends including one of my first Aikido teachers, hung out a bit, since I missed pancakes I stopped for coffee and a Danish at the coffee shop near the lake. then headed home.

I was thinking of my alternate route home but glad I took the normal short one. As I got to the bike/ped overpassof the Nimitz the Caltrans workers were there cleaning up! I had been about to send off a "bike hazzard" report to EBBC that it was overdue for a cleaning and there they were, trimming the bushes, cleaning the trash, fixing the fence.

They probably think this was silly but I stopped and thanked them for doing that.

Now I'm back home and waiting for the plumber-ah the joys of home ownership.