I am back! It feels good to have found my stones again.
I set a new low temp record for myself of 5F. My goodness I was getting all kinds of odd looks on the train. I guess it did not help that I was dressed in less clothing than half of people on the train.
The new all street route went fairly well considering the interesting industrial areas it goes through. I miss my trail! It should be faster when I am not dealing with cold temps and all the clothing I need for it. Felt like I was riding into a brick wall this morning. Still, 15 miles in 45 minutes is not too bad being that I was going slower to avoid ice slicks. Hopefully, the street I had to walk down on my return trip is finally safe this time. 1 foot of compacted snow and ice and 1 foot of slush on top of that was annoying 2 weeks ago.