As I rode by the church this morning, its ticker comically displayed, "4:26 ... 46`"--it was, of course, about 5:20 and the temp was about 50-52F/10-11C. Winds were intermittent out of the north and were no bother to me at all.

The salt-stained roads looked like a well-used sweat jersey and reminded me of the snow we had just a week ago, and that my fingers had been pretty cold wearing full mitts and wool liners. My knickers and fingerless gloves were just cool and quite pleasant today, though. And the huge, nearly-full moon was right in my line--about 10` above the tops of the trees and beckoning me onward. It was all I could do to carve the turn onto the campus here at work. Oh well.

But if ever one needed a reason to ride, this morning was it...