Being downtown and sneaking out of work a bit early I was able to ride both ways today 🚲

Felt so good today after that evening ride, with just enough light to make it home before dark, I decided to go for an evening walk and then came home, had some more black beans, corn, onions, cornmeal, and dash of salt and stevia fried up in olive oil. Then had a couple of glasses of water flavored with apple cider vinegar.

Truth is I was excited to be able to ride home at around 5 pm and still have daylight. Soon enough I’ll be able to ride every day the bike path is free of snow and ice both ways to work, completely avoiding the local bus. It was nice going out for the evening walk, which I haven’t done much in recent years, because with riding to work, I usually figure once I’m home, I’m done for the day.

I also wanted to stop and look at the stars at the dark part of the path near Preska’s Dairy and Delmar Bypass, think and pause to think if I had Big Red I probably would have gone out to Rensselearville State Forest or Burnt-Rossman and camped for a few nights. That said, I’m not in that much of a rush to winter camp.

It was nice being back downtown with my colleagues, the meetings were good and the diversity training hasn’t changed that much over the past 20 years now. Just be respectful and decent human beings. Honest. I guess it’s good to keep up with the law changes under Trump not that it changes much in state government. I’m actually hoping next Friday they also have a meeting, and I can leave work early enough to at least ride both ways that day. Certainly by early February with the headlights I’ll be able to ride both ways to work and avoid the bus both ways, assuming the rail trail is free of snow and excessive ice.