Some of you know that I commute to work daily by bicycle. It's a 32 mileround trip that includes a couple of short, but very steep hills. My criteria for riding are clear roads and temps of 20*F and up. The weather forcast today was good. In contrast to a very warm winter, it's been pretty cold here this week, and the temp when I left at 5:30AM was 22*F. had a nice, if leisurely ride to work. On the way there, it's all gradually uphill. I live on the shore of Lake Erie.
My room at school has no windows, and I tend to spend my entire day there, including lunch. I detest taking work home, and it means working nonstop during the day to avoid that. At 3:30 I changed into my tights, jersey, etc. & wheeled my bike to the door. When I got there, I found 7" of "partly cloudy" had fallen. All the roads, including the heavily traveled main roads, were snow & ice covered.
I had to slink back to my room, call my wife to rescue me. I rode home in the wifemobile trying to look incognito. The weather forecasters can !
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