hooked and hit? or hooked and unscathed? I hope it's the latter. Even if they signal it's still dangerous if they could have let you go by without cutting you off. grrrrrr.....

Fortunately, my day was better. A nice roll along the Charles River. I'm thinking about taking a day and riding my usual commute and taking some pictures. I realized today it's been almost 30 years since I moved to Boston and I've been commuting at least partially on the bike path ever since. 30 years ago the Charles River was just emerging from decades as a putrid, disgusting open drain of a river. Made somewhat famous by the Standell's in the song "Dirty Water" way back in the '60's.

I remember going to the Science Museum as a kid and sitting outside to eat our lunches and the smell of the river being so bad we threw them all away- probably into the river.

When I moved here in 1980 a lot of my bike racer friends rowed crew in the off season. If they fell in the water they were advised to go immediately to an emergency room and get a series of shots to prevent infections.

It's been an amazing transformation over the 30 years to watch it's inspiring recovery. There are turtles basking on logs, cormorants, hawks, egrets, owls, foxes and huge carp abound. There was nothing like that when I first rode along it's banks. And the bike path is finally getting some much needed attention with repaving, guard rails and widening.

So, how was my commute today? Better than it would have been 30 years ago.