20°F this morning. Still plenty of snow left from the 14" we received over the weekend. I took the winter bike with studded tires assuming there would be lots of ice like yesterday. I was surprised: most of it was gone. Really only my final 1.5 miles had any noticeable ice.

I did have one sort of close call during that last 1.5 miles. I was coming across an intersection. There was a frozen windrow left by the plows jutting out into my path. It was probably 2 feet high. I should have just gone around it like the other vehicles, but heard my inner Evel Knievel calling. It was too high and my bike too heavy for me to bunny hop the whole thing, but I figured I could two-hop it by getting some momentum and hopping up towards the top, and then hopping again over the rest of it. It all went as planned until I hopped off the top and realized I was going to come down on a big patch of sheet ice. That's a bit much for even studded tires. I landed and slid sideways and somehow managed to come to a stop while staying on my feet. Unhurt, but definitely looked like a doofus to the cars passing in the other lane (where I should have been to avoid the obstacle.)

More snow still in the forecast for later today. Right now it sounds like it will hold off until after dark tonight, then we should get about 5" more by tomorrow noon.