Slight sunburn from yesterday, the only sunny day in the week, meet rainy morning...again. At least I missed the worst of the rain. One of my friends who was caught in the cold, heavy rain last week commented to me recently that it was the "worst bike ride ever." This is a couple weeks after he told me that he liked the rain. He's now understanding what it means to ride year round in this area.

This morning I was waiting to cross a street (at the marked ped/bike crossing in which drivers are legally supposed to yield to crosswalk users) watching the high-speed traffic (funny thing, it's a one-lane road and sometimes it's difficult to cross) drive by me as my front tire is IN the roadway...so I started waving "hello," smiling and blowing kisses at the drivers. Someone stopped, laughing, and waved me through. I rode off smiling. Not sure if I can do that tactic every day, but it was pretty fun.