First time on the metro in a while...

Even when I was using the rental bike I rarely missed a bike home due to weather. Cold I can deal with; rain I can deal with; cold + rain I can sort of deal with (a couple of times I was foolish enough to think I could beat the imminent rain only to get caught on the trail in a cold-ass downpour. Would rather have not been there but it wasn't the end of the world). Snow and ice, however, I'll skip. 

Side Story: Believe it or not Montgomery County does a good job of cleaning the Capital Crescent Trail of snow. Considering the roadways should be their major focus the fact they get to it at all is kind of amazing. I discovered this in December when we got the first snowfall of the season. It was a Friday and the office was closed early to give everyone a fighting chance to get home at a reasonable hour. The roads didn't look too bad, so I hopped on the rental bike and told myself that if the trail looked bad I'd turn around and take the Metro. Low and behold the trail looked to be in pretty good shape, good enough to ride on gingerly. So I pressed on, completely forgetting that the trail leaves Montgomery County and enters the District at some point. Well, that point is where the clean trail stopped and the cross-country-skiing-perfect trail began. Again, I really can't complain. Considering the District has a hard enough time to plow the roads most of the time the Capital Crescent Trail should be very low on their "to clean" list. I had to push the bike the last couple of miles until I hit Georgetown. Not fun.

Anyway, due to the weather the last two days have put me back on the Metro.