Thanks, Sailguy!

I'm getting the hang of commuting. It's not that I'm not used to traffic, it's just that most of my rides are designed to avoid traffic. I've found, however, that the number of cars on the road in the morning is not as bad as I expected. There's more traffic in the afternoon, so I've revised my route home to use some bike paths for a few miles in the middle of my commute. I limit my time on one road (Fair Oaks, for those of you in the South Bay area) that is the safest way to cross US-101. After that I can find a lot of different side road to get home.

The weather has been great every morning. The afternoons have been on the warm side (mid-80s).