This morning was not as drizzly as yesterday morning. I hint of clouds made for a red sunrise, and it was 51 degrees out, so me fingers felt it a bit. But the morning commute was great! At noon I came home for lunch, jumped a black cat on the bike path, ate lunch with my wife (she's on the late shift tonight, and so was home), then went back to work. After work, I rode home, had a quick supper, then rode to church to practice in the choir for the first time. Coming back, it was dark but I had good lighting.

All the time, for the first time, I listened to the radio. I had lashed the radio to the back of my bike and turned it on. On the ride to work, I didn't hear much because of traffic noise. I turned it up a bit, and it was much better. I have a small radio, and used twine to lash it onto my bike rack (no earphones!). It definately made the commute a bit nicer, listening to music. On the way back to work from lunch, I came upon a walker on the bike path, and she knew I was there from the radio. When I finally said, "Passing on the right," she replied with a "Thank you." Made me feel good about the radio, as it looks a bit weird to me.

Tomorrow, I'm switching bicycles to my Schwinn. I used the Trek 1420 today, and for the past two weeks. It's a great bike, but my son Brian got new handlebars for his birthday, and I now have his old ones. Mine on the Trek are a bit narrow, and so I'll trade. I put new tape on the Schwinn, and now it has "candystriping" red and white tape. It looks snazzy.

John