Commuting in Alaska, perspective for your winter commutes
Here’s a great post from Bicycle and Icicles, a commuter from Alaska. Like many winter commuters he gets (more than?) his fair share of “are you crazy?” comments when the weather turns bad. He’s got a couple of thoughts actually written down that I find myself thinking weekly:
Riding in the snow might look cold and miserable when seen through a windshield, but I’m one of the few people having fun while commuting at rush hour.
Good to remember, and pretty inspirational for this rain rider here in the temperate North West/Lower 48.
Updated with snow on bikes image from a CNN story on the 20 inches of snow that hit parts of New England (AP PHOTO).