Today was the first day of school here in my city. Once again this year my son made the high school golf team, however he's still in middle school. They have a tournament this afternoon. The high school kids get taken to the tournament via bus, however the two middle school boys on the team have to provide their own way to the golf course.

Due to my wife's work schedule, she's unable to leave work in the afternoons to take him from his school to the tournaments. So the responsibility falls on me to provide him transportation as my work schedule can be more flexible. However, I don't want to just drive a car to work a few times each week.

So I resumed the same routine I used last year: early this morning I loaded my bicycle and my son's golf equipment into my truck. I then drove to his school and parked my truck. From there, I rode my bike 9 miles to work. My son will ride the bus to school in a couple hours.

Later this afternoon I will leave work and ride back to the school. I'll load my bike back into the truck and take it and my son to the golf course. Then, while he's playing in the tournament I'll ride by bike from the golf course back to work. (He doesn't like me watching him play because I make him nervous, lol.) When it's time to pick him back up I'll ride back to the golf course and then we'll drive home. In the end I'll wind up putting on my bike miles than my normal commute.

Just goes to show, if you're really committed to bicycle commuting you'll figure out a way around challenges. Or it shows that I really should be committed. Not sure.