I had my first commute from Sacramento to Davis and back today. It's about 15 miles each way, and took about an hour and a half. It was great, and except for some numb fingers and a chafed spot on my thigh (need new pants, apparently) I feel fine.

About 7 miles of the route is a bike path that goes along I-80 on a causeway across a nature preserve/flood-plain. It's kind of odd because there is only a concrete wall chain link separating the bike path from the freeway, but on the other side it's all marshy wilderness. We saw hundreds of bats teeming out from under the highway, flocks of Canada geese and white herons flying, lots of lizards and ground squireels, and a jack rabbit in the industrial area between the causeway and the main road from West Sacramento into Sacramento.

Yay for bike commuting!