Had last week off from commuting (still rode but didn't feel right to post but must admit it felt great to break out the road bike and ride the temperature one day- 55F=55miles) Yesterday and today were great commute days. With a change in temperature of almost 40 degrees! Yesterday icy and dry. Today bizarre weather with intense wind as I rode in- at times gusting well over 50mph and such a strong steady headwind I practically had my chin on my handlebars and was pumping the pedals hard to get the bike to go 10 mph.

Rode home with a little less whallop from the wind but the melted ice on the bike path made for a sloppy ride. Oh yeah!- saw what I think was an off course wood duck flocking with some of the more common mallards on the Charles. I took notice of him because he panicked as I rode by and the mallards all gave him the "get used to it" look. Two miles down river I think I saw his mate just west of the Mass Ave bridge looking lonely and forlorn- I hope they hooked back up and made it on their merry way to wherever they might have been headed.