This morning, about 5 miles into my 16 mile commute, some woman in a black Toureg (sp?) going in my direction decides that instead of just passing me like everyone else, she would blast her horn at me for whatever reason. Well, that is the point in my commute where (car) traffic gets pretty thick, so I kept seeing her for the next several miles. Then at about mile 8 I get off the road and onto an MUT that has a bridge over a busy highway.

Then, back on the road and almost to the office, I turn a corner and who do I see coming the other way? Toureg woman! So I wave and pantomime honking a horn as she passes. I thought it was very instructional for her to see that her $50,000 SUV hadn't gotten her any further in the last ten miles than my bike.

Due to wildfires the whole city is covered in smoke. You can even smell it inside the building. This should be a very interesting commute home. I guess I will try to take it easy and to not breathe too much smoke, but I don't think there is anything I can really do about it.