It was supposed to be 25 degrees this morning, but when I got up it was 40! So it was a pretty balmy pre-dawn spin compared to what I expected. Streets were full of puddles from an overnight rain, the southern tip of the blizzard that's terrorizing New Mexico . . . so I needed to be careful, because El Paso drivers love to play "Splash the Pedestrian/Cyclist" so I had to keep my eye in the rear-view mirror and time things just right so I didn't get to work soaked!