8" of rain this week; 55F and raining this morning ... the bike trail crosses this major street that has been crippled by a sewer job for over a year now, but today it impacted me! Usually it just stops cars so I can cross the street between them. Today they were digging up the exact crosswalk I need to get to the other side of the trail. I thought I was going to have to divert to the parallel street for a mile with no bike lane or shoulder and drivers late for work in the hospital; then I remembered I could go through the parking lot next to (and fenced off from) the bike trail and look for a break in the fence to get back to the trail. Then I found they actually had paved a ramp back from the parking lot to the trail right behind the trench they dug. So, whew!

Oh, also, when I am the first to arrive (most days) I take my pants out of the pannier to get the key to get into the building; I get in, turn off the alarm, go back, get the bike, move it into my office, cool down for a bit before changing clothes. Anyway, today, I didn't notice that after getting the key out, I didn't stuff the pants thoroughly back in the pannier, they fell out and then sat in the parking lot getting rained on until I realized what had happened. The other side of our building is a methadone clinic and we get a lot of foot traffic so I am glad I went back for the pants (w/ my wallet) before somebody decided to look through them.