Nice ride this AM, except for the 5 minutes of SHEER TERROR as I tried to make my way past the high school right before school started (oh right, that's THIS week!). Think hundreds of amped up 16 year olds with Brand! New! Drivers Licenses! who don't want to be late to class. Think unexpected lane changes, daring U turns, people shouting to friends in other cars. Add hordes of teenage pedestrians, wrong way cyclists (heads up, dude in green t shirt!), kids hopping out of illegally parked cars, plus a few dozen moms with strollers and/or dogs on retractable leashes.

Well SHEER TERROR might be a little overstated, but I certainly was alert!!

Stick with this route and I won't need coffee....