Frustrating morning. I took the car intending to drive down to the oncology pharmacy, and stick my wife with fueling up the never-satisfied pickup. Then I was going to drive it home and ride back to the office. This nearly happened, but she called me when I was halfway down the freeway - her office keys were not in her purse, they were in her cupholder, sure enough. I turned back. So then I still took the bike. I noted one of the kids did not take his bike today, apparently wanted to walk. Huh. It's only half a mile

Apocalypse-light weather. Smoky from some nearby grass fires, rain but not enough to get out the slicker or wish for fenders, gusty but not too bad to ride in, dim overcast but could see blue sky off to the west, too warm for 930am but not hot. There was a fairly dry thunderstorm back around dawn that might have sparked the fire. Of course the sprinkles peaked during my ride.