Another 19/20F morning. I took a slightly shorter route since the traffic is so light this week. So just under 11 miles instead of my normal 13 - 15 morning ride. One nice part about that is I wasn't riding long enough for my toes to get really cold.

Three day weekend coming up. We're supposed to hit 50F tomorrow, but then back to colder for next week.

49F, raining. Last commute day of the year.

Last commuting day of the year, uneventful, as most of them were this year. No spills, no really close calls, I count that as a win. Last evening was the most uneasy I've been, with two rabbits, a squirrel and then a cardinal(!) crossing my path within inches.

Made a wrong turn when I left work yesterday, 9 miles in turned into 29 miles home. That was fun, seeing so much daylight. There's a stretch of road I DO NOT ride because it's narrow and has too much traffic. It also has 3 miles of road that's been built for a couple miles now, but not opened -- gee, I hope they don't find any road construction money to finish it anytime soon. 100 yards of road riding on one end, smooth road with no traffic, and 100 yards on the road at other end -- that was great cycling!


Warmed up to 23F this morning, but I had no problems with cold or traffic. Trying to decide on taking the bike or the car home tonight. The forecast for Tuesday morning is currently 12F, but it might slide up a little over the next four days.

Not a commute per se but my last ride of the year, probably. I took kiddo to daycare on the back seat. I had arranged to meet a friend and ride from there, but he wasn't evident. I was running about 20 min late, but he sent no word, so I don't know if he left without me or was never there. I took the new Johnny Cash art trail past the prison. A nicely equipped trail but not very straight or fast! It establishes another bike corridor across Folsom to the ARBT, which is nice to have. Then I circled back home via the dam bridge, and stopped for a banana and mineral water at the coffee shop attached to Folsom Bike (part of the TT course when the Tour of CA visits).

The summit, where there's an interesting bike intersection
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Magpies, Frannkendale, route
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In other news, yesterday I tried our gigantic twin 11mo brother in 3.5yo kiddo's helmet. It fits, because his head is enormous. This same helmet went on kiddo with lots of extra padding starting at age 1.5 and he's not quite outgrown it. Still need a helmet for normal sized baby twin sister.

Also, he hates it.
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