Consecutive commute number 727: Ride to the office for the morning, ride to meet my wife for lunch, ride to a client for the afternoon and then home for a total of about 21 miles.

This morning was chilly. 26F with a light drizzly mist in the air. Not really rain, but just enough moisture to make things damp and really put a chill in the air. It snowed a little last night, so there was some accumulation on the ground in spots and areas of ice. After the long winter I'm so sick of the winter bike with studded tires that I decided to just risk it with my hybrid. Was able to ride around the obvious slick spots and kept the bike upright, so it's all good.

Google lied to me. It said I would have a 7 mph headwind on the way in today. As I was riding I kept thinking, "This feels a lot more than 7 mph." When I pulled into our office the flags were sticking straight out at me. It suddenly made sense why I was feeling a little cold.

Nearly three weeks after our flood event a good portion of the MUP is still underwater. The river is down about two feet from what it was a week ago, but still well above flood stage. I'm still riding alternate routes to avoid the flooded areas. Last Friday they did open 11 miles of the MUP on the west side of town where it's higher, so this morning I was able to ride about a mile on that section. The city is discussing cleanup plans for the parks/MUP once the flood waters to finally recede, as they've been underwater long enough that I think it will take some heavy equipment work to remove the layer of mud that will likely be covering everything.