Today is my first day back at work. My previous day at work was June 22, so it's been a while. I pushed myself to get on the bike, and that's a good thing. I didn't push myself to ride hard except for a couple of short segments. The weather is pretty mild for this time of year, not terribly hot or humid. But I just spend a week in the country, and being back in the city, it's easy to notice how much dirtier the air is here. Well, that's life, and there is still a benefit from cycling, even in dirty air.

Yesterday was the Fourth of July, and the Riverbank State Park has so much garbage littered all over it that it made me very sad. The city will pick it up quickly, but why do people have to do that?