I rode to work all 5 days this week. It was 105 to 109 degrees for the afternoon rides home, pretty toasty to say the least.

Starting Monday, I won’t be getting up at my usual 3:55 am. I’ll be getting up at 2:55 am. With the record electricity usage around here, the power company is threatening industrial users with rolling blackouts, so my employer is starting the day shift an hour earlier, starting the 2nd shift 4 hours later, and shutting down during the hottest part of the afternoon. They’re letting me off at 2:00 pm. It should be much cooler for the ride home at 2:00 pm, probably only a couple of degrees over 100. It has now been 100+ degrees 34 days in a row here.

2011 days ridden to work: 132
2011 commuting mileage: 3217.2

Work commute route.