Another beautiful day and coolest morning in quite a while. I get rewarded for my efforts with a cold shower when I get to work because they are still performing "annual maintenance" on the boilers, which leaves us without hot water for about a month every year.

Schools are back in full force and traffic really picked up this week. I had got in the habit of leaving later in the mornings over the summer while schools were out, but it looks like I'll need to start leaving home by 6:30 am or earlier to avoid the worst of the school traffic. My route goes right by a large high school and I prefer not to be riding past it when a bunch of teenagers and bus drivers are on the roads.