And So It Begins

I ride my bike to campus every day. All seasons. All weather. It's only 2km, after all.

I made my first snow commute of the season this morning. We got just about enough of the white stuff to cover the ground and make things a little slick. Beside the -10C wind chill that I'm just not used to yet, it wasn't actually all that bad. And then it snowed all day. And the wind blew. And the snow drifted.

I left campus a little late this evening because a bunch of us got post-work drinks for my boss M's 40th birthday. So, it was pretty much dark when I headed home. It was still snowing. The wind was still blowing. The snow was still drifting. The makings of a TERRIBLE commute.

I made it across campus through the 5cm of snow and slush that was everywhere without much problem. As I leave campus on my commute, though, I have to ride across an area of fields (yes, this is right in the middle of the city). This open area creates nasty wind and weather conditions on a regular basis. Today was no exception. The wind happened to be blowing in a direction that drifted snow across the MUP I usually ride on. The bike lanes on the (very icy) road were also drifted shut.

I wound up pushing my bike through snowbanks for most of the rest of my commute.

The joys of winter in Saskatchewan.