Skipped the commute this morning and took a vacation day. I looked out the window at 5am and saw that the streets were not plowed and the snowstorm in the forecast had hit. Took a look at the road conditions on the mountain and SFU was reporting that the buses were not going up the mountain which, well they're my backup plan if something breaks. Phoned in and crawled back into bed.

Yesterday on my commute home I realized I must have one of the best trips home in the city! I have 12 km of off road, wooded trails some with a view of Burrard Inlet on the North side of Burnaby mountain and the rest along streams and rivers. No cars, no traffic lights, just pedestrians and their little speed bumps... Although the Great Dane from yesterday was almost eye to eye with me.