Yesterday I had time to take the long way home around the south side of Lake Natoma, and I got to explore the new path that goes along Willow Creek to the Blue Ravine intersection. I went behind the Harley dealership and through the industrial park back to the path. I then turned off the bike path too early for the bridge and wound up lost in a neighborhood, probably adding a mile or two. Nice ride!

I'm pretty happy in bike land right now. Feeling good, have lost weight since getting back on the bike regularly in August. I will probably make 500 miles this year - not that impressive by some standards and low for me due to (in chronological order) home improvement, pregnant wife, and paternity leave cutting out most of the spring and summer. (I figure if I could commute full time on the bike it would be about 2000 miles a year, and I think I made 1000 in 2013.) I've moved over fully to commuting on the Super Sport and ordered some knobbies again for my mountain bike, along with a stem and some different bars. Those should come tomorrow, which will be sort of like New Bike Day Junior. My wife bought me a trailer even before the baby was born and I've also been studying kiddie bikes - too soon I know! I've decided I'd really like to try a full suspension mountain bike but financially it's out of the question for now... cruising Craigslist, wish me luck.