It's the season of cool mornings and hot afternoons. Looks like a nice week for riding. I'm sure the cold mornings and cool afternoons will be here soon enough. Next week, school starts again, so I'll return to driving my kids to school most days.

Had a close encounter with a vehicle on the way home on Friday. A driver was making a right turn off a side street onto a main road as I was passing in front of her. She had a red light, but truth be told, so did I. She had come to a complete stop, and I didn't. I'm pretty sure that if I'd been hit, it would have been deemed my fault. However, this situation illustrates why I don't really like my current, and currently the only viable, route. A long chunk is on a separate, shared path along a busy road. Sounds nice, but there's lots of side streets feeding into the main road, and when drivers are turning onto or off of the main road, they're not watching for a fast moving cyclist, they're only watching for slow moving pedestrians. There have been many times where I've had to dodge vehicles (or lawn mowers) even when I've had the right of way. One solution would be to ride on the road. That would work better in the morning, because there's less traffic. In the afternoon, traffic is pretty thick, and I'd rather take my chances on the path than face the ire of impatient drivers.

Have a good week everyone. Maybe people are on holidays, but I'm missing seeing others' posts on this thread.