I Love my Commute

Crossing the Boise River this morning.

It snowed this morning and it made my commute all the more enjoyable. How many people can say that? I love this town.

• Where else can your bicycle commute be nearly faster than driving? (And it will be if I get a road bike)
• Where else can you commute by bicycle year round?
• Where else can you bicycle commute not cross any roads? (Ok, I cross a couple residential streets in the first blocks leaving my house, but the last 3.5 miles from there are exclusively on bike/pedestrian paths.)
• And where else can you stop to enjoy families of ducks and mergansers swimming, geese flying in formation and herons fishing while traveling through a major city on your way to work?

It's not all cake and ice cream though, I did nearly have an accident in the snow this morning. A black cat attempted to cross my path (quite a sight on a white snow-covered landscape) and nearly went under my tire. Luckily*, at the last second the cat veered off and dove into a bush.
* Pun intended