On my way to work yesterday, I stopped at the convenience store. The guy at the counter told me I gave him the idea of buying a bicycle. He said he used to be a high-level soccer player but now he smokes, eats, and doesn't get any exercise. I told him about bike commuting. He looked kinda surprised and asked if I liked it (as in "am I forced to do this?"). I mentionned that I did recreational rides as well but also used the bike to get to work, and that the car was parked at work doing nothing. That guy made my day.

That convenience store is on a new route and right after I pass it, I get on a pedestrian bridge over the freeway. Bad news is the bridge was closed. there's a fence with a "danger" sign. I just went over the fence. The concrete on the bridge looks in bad shape. I wonder what the danger is. Are they afraid it will collapse? If so, why don't they close the freeway underneath?

On my way home at night, I usually use the street instead of the river bike path. It was sunday night so there were more people on the path. I couldn't help but to see how many people had lights so I used the path. None of the cyclists had them, only a couple on roller blades.