this morning's commute was from my parents' house, since I rode there yesterday to visit and stayed the night. beautiful weather in the morning, perfect for riding, even on Hyattsville's tore-up streets. saw another commuter early in the ride... always good to see more of us out there. the route I use to get to my parents house from campus and vice versa is almost all residential streets, so the commute from my parents' house has a distinctively different feel to it compared to my regular commute... definitely felt less like a hammerfest and more like a relaxed ride in to school. the fact that I left very early probably helped too. as expected I got in really early... 45 minutes to spare! had more time to cool down which is always a good thing. great commute!

it got really windy in the afternoon, so I decided to just head home, but not before adding on an extra mile loop via Mowatt Lane and Preinkert Drive. had to get some extra mileage in, even if it was just a little bit. the wind was really kickin' and right in my face but other than that it was a great ride back also.