Beautiful, clear, cold (4F/-15C) day. I guess the one perk cold weather brings is that more motorists notice me, and some of them respect me for riding in this weather. This morning the captain of a 18-wheeler stopped in the intersection, blocking a path for me, gave me a couple beeps and an arm pump. Later, as I turned off the highway onto a sideroad a driver rolled down his window, leaned out clapping and yelling "Bravo". I also had to pull over for 2 different emergency vehicles, that is rare on my route.