Finished out last week with blazing sunshine and afternoon temps in the high 30°s F. MUP was easily 6 inches deep in slush, slow going even with a fat bike, so I decided to get the road bike ready to roll over the weekend. Clear skies for the lunar eclipse, then partly cloudy since, mid 30°s this morning and high 40°s coming home all this week; took the road route all week so far. Monday's ride home was 48°F in full sunshine, straight up t-shirt and jeans weather, no hat or gloves! Partially overcast today, first day of the year with above freezing temps in the morning, no hat or gloves heading home. No skunk stripe either, as my road bike has full fenders.

Got honked at Monday, for having the audacity to use a cross-walk while someone wanted to make a right turn (knew he was there the entire time, and was surprised that he'd honk since I was a full car length ahead of him when I crossed). First honk of the year! And hopefully the last, as the city has already plowed half of the snow off of the MUP (from 6 inches down to 3), and soon I can ride my fully fendered road bike on the MUP. Whatev's to the honker anyway, as I had one motorist back up for me later, another wave me through a 4 way, and a gaggle of kids and their mom walking to school wave/shout at me as I went by; some people might suck, but most people are wonderful.

Plus I can count myself lucky that, despite ski season being now officially over, I was able to snap a pic of this guy last week:



The rare and elusive ski commuter, in it's springtime plumage, no less: shorts, no hat, all awesome.