Again, I am grateful my sister comes through on adventure:

• less traffic makes it much easier to ride side-by-side on the bike path
• great company, great conversation
• tons of cotton-tailed bunnies on the SW Bike Path
• the cover of darkness masking the ridiculousness of my outfit; making it seem that the black of my socks matches the black of my too-short pants
• the strobe feature on my headlight providing fodder for endless seizure jokes
• a cool mist that refreshes us on the ride home
• smelling the blossoms of cherry trees (or was it magnolias?) at its most fragrant
• Odana has no traffic after 10pm!
• riding behind student apartments, feeling nostalgia for the undergraduate days (and relief that they’re over)
• easy access to the bubbler, which has already been turned on for the season
• passing the ghosts and shadows of old friends
• being able to imagine the full length of a bike commute to Epic on Tokay
• feeling so pumped that I am convinced waking up at 7am to do it again is a good idea
• losing balance and veering off the bike path is much easier to dismiss as intentional off-roading under the cover of darkness