Riding by the Lake

Wow, what a great morning!

Just got my annual tune-up on my Kawasaki Vulcan 750 and started about six months plus of riding to work most days. Thirteen miles down Lakeshore Drive from near Wrigley Field to Hyde Park. The Lake is beautiful and different every day, from calm to raging with waves breaking over the running paths. Also its color changes often from deep blue to angry green and black. From full of boats to hardly any. The harbors are filling up with sail boats and the motor boats are almost all back. Sailing schools have been in session for several weeks, as the little two person boats snake around, first inside the harbor and then venture outside the break waters.

If I can leave by 7:15 am the traffic isn't usually too bad - can enjoy the lake and the buildings of downtown. It is a different story going home in the evening - usually worse around the S curve by Navy Pier. Sometimes I just go down Michigan Avenue - less traffic that way.

Hope that your week is starting out, and stays great!