Today was EARLY. Left home at 4:45, at my desk at 5:30..... of course, I'm leaving at 1:30

I usually leave around 6, and it's amazing how much difference an hour makes in terms of traffic volume. I played hide and seek with an ambulance getting through a couple neighborhoods (I stuck to residential streets, he was on major roads, but we saw each other at four different lights/stop signs...) and there were hardly any cars out and about. Pretty nice really, except for the getting up extra early part. There were also a couple news vans parked on the bike trail so they could get the perfect live-shot of where some idiot drove into the river yesterday. Quite inconsiderate and I informed them of this as I rode around them....parking news vans is not one of the multiple uses for a MUP.....