Today is the start of Commuter Challenge Week, and as it turns out my ride into work this this morning was a little extra “challenging”.
My route takes me over the Seine River on a path that parallels Fermor Ave. A rider in front of me slowed and stopped just as the path was descending towards the river. After a rain there is typically a little mud that washes onto the path and I thought he was just being a bit of a wuss so I charged on without really looking at the river. Well, when the river is high a short section of the path goes under water, but no problem there is a dirt mud trail that bypasses this section so I forged ahead getting the bike and myself royally messy. And then I came to a full stop. The path and bridge was under 2′ of water so this required backtracking through the mud again, and up over the bridge on Fermor with mud flying every direction off the tires. An excellent adventure to start the day.