Today I drove but yesterday was ideal riding conditions in both directions. In fact, I made record time on the ride in to the office without even trying.

As for appreciating nature, on my ride home last evening I saw the cutest little groundhog on somebody's lawn not far from the edge of the street. Just a youngster about 1/3 of the size of most I see around here. And then closer to home I saw the first muskrat I have ever seen in the wild! It was in the ditch pretty close to the street.