Drove Wednesday as I usually do for post work group meeting up north, but I ended up working late. Work has been busy so I have been taking my big 'everything' commute bag and my most reliable fendered and racked commuters; the 2015 Charge Plug, and the 1997 Specialized RockHopper.

Yesterday (Thurs) I didn't want to have to think so I again grabbed the big bag and the Charge Plug. I didn't want to deal with traffic or other bikes, pedestrians and the homeless, so I rode my mostly quiet side street "Colorado College" route. Across the street from the office I had the longest encounter with a "nice-hole" I can remember. The set up is too complicated, but I was behind a car at a stop sign and the car began waving me around. I wanted to turn right, but the car was too close to the tall curb to squeeze by on the right and I didn't want to pull up on the left because her left turn signal was on. Finally I pulled up on her left and swung around in front of her, after which she immediately gunned it and turned left.

I ended up working late again. It was falling dark and misting. My everything bag had my headlight and rain gear, but I held off on that. However it started raining lightly after a mile. At the two mile mark I stopped and covered my bag and phone and pulled out my rain cape/poncho, but held off putting it on. Within the next mile the rain returned to mist and then ceased. I arrived home dry and cool. The extra weight of the everything bag is worth it.

Before changing to ride home I ran into a new 25-year-old co-worker outside my office. We were talking when he saw the bike and said, "Oh, wow!...are you biking home!?" Earlier that day another new young co-worker stopped in to say she finally realized the bike rider she kept seeing in the parking lot was me. Those kind of encounters help keep me riding.

Also, the inexpensive Walmart, Blackburn tires I bought a couple of weeks ago for the Charge Plug are still super grippy and comfortable.