It’s amazing. The forecast is calling for sunny hot weather, with no rain in the foreseeable future. Maybe we’ll get around to painting the garage door after all.

 The nice weather has also brought out the cycling commuters in droves along the pathways. This morning’s rush hour along the Ottawa River Pathway at Carleton was a chain of two-wheeled commuters, some in spandex, some not. They weren’t even traveling together.

 I’m beginning to think that having passing lanes or different markings on the path would be a good idea. Too many cyclists don’t ring their bell or call out as they pass. Worse are the ones who pass on a blind corner at 30 km/h. We’ve now taken to ringing OUR bells when they pass without calling out.

 Yesterday at lunch we went for a walk along the Portage bridge through Victoria Island over to the Chaudière bridge and back to PDP. I discovered a shortcut for the ride to work. Instead of continuing along the river path at the War Museum, you take a left towards the Chaudière bridge, then the first right. Follow the road to a pathway on the left (just before it veers right). The path comes out on the Portage bridge sidewalk. First thing in the morning there aren’t any pedestrians on this side of the bridge, so you’re good to ride along to the intersection.

 The route home is along the road across Promenade bridge, down the start of the Ottawa River Parkway, until just past the museum where we hook up with the path again.

 I think the new route saves about 5 minutes. I’ll time it tomorrow.