I was hoping to end my commuting year with a bang, but today was more of the same -- pouring rain. This has been the rainiest year I can recall and it has really cut into my commuting. Hopefully I'll be able to ride one final commute for 2014 tomorrow but the forecast is not looking very promising.

Ironically, I should finish up 2014 with my highest total annual mileage ever, well over 9,000. I could have easily topped 10,000 miles if we hadn't had so much lousy weather and my commuting mileage was closer to normal. I made up for the lack of commuting with touring. During the past year, I've toured over 1,200 miles including two weeklong trips and three weekend trips.