A really nice morning, around freezing with a bit of a tailwind. I was slow getting going this morning and decided to cook breakfast, so I was an hour later getting on the road than I have been lately. There were many more cars. I took the MUP for about half the trip. Avoiding it all summer, I forgot how nice it is to ride in the dark when there aren't any dog walkers. The side streets had a lot of loose snow. On one of them I couldn't go very fast and was easily passed by a rider on the MUP section that runs parallel to that street. The park close to the university which is usually deserted had a lot of cars going through it this morning. People use it as a shortcut, but its a bit narrow for comfort when the type of person who feels the need to take a shortcut comes flying up behind you.

One annoyance on the roads that do get plowed, are the people that push their snow out onto the street. There is a guy down the street from our place that does it all the time. The plow will come by and as soon as its gone he's shoving the snow back onto the street. I often have to ride on the wrong side of the street to get around the mess he makes.

With the warm weather this week I decided to install some full fenders on the mountain bike. If it wasn't for the expected headwind this afternoon, I'd be able to ride home in shorts today.