My Schwinn Moab was hanging upside down in my garage until this morning.
Rather than get in my Saturn and drive to work, everything fell into place for me to pedal my way from central Richland to historic downtown Kennewick.
I prefer Fridays because it's casual dress day at the Herald and there's less traffic than a normal workday. And this morning it was overcast, just a breath of wind, and below 60 degrees.
As It turns out, it's almost a month earlier than my first trip last year.
It's doubly satisfying to save 20 percent of my weekly gasoline use while getting in a couple hours of exercise, but there's also a bit of smugness riding along the causeway.
There are opportunities to gaze at the peaceful Columbia River and appreciate the wildlife. Scores of red-winged blackbirds are busy claiming territory in the reeds of the delta. And I heard a ring-necked pheasant blast his presence.
Meanwhile, polluting cars whiz nearby.
On the way home, I'll be headed into the wind, but I'll be listening via my Active Tunes speakers to ESPN's podcasts of Baseball Today and Pardon the Interruption.
-- Eric Degerman is the Herald's online managing editor who makes regular trips each year from Richland to Clayton-Ward in Kennewick so that he can exchange his household recyclables for money to buy beverages produced from Columbia Valley grapes and hops.
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