The ride in to work was my first day back on the bike after three weeks away. Those three weeks included too much time in our new car (for holiday travel; I hate driving, my wife hates it more) and illness (I had a nasty respiratory virus).

Boy did it feel good to get back in the saddle.

Before I had to lay up for a couple of weeks, I was down into the high 250s for the first time in seven years. I started to climb back up towards 260 (which I hit today) but getting back in the saddle should start me back on the downward slope.