First Tracks.

One of my favorite times to ride is right after (or during) a fresh snow. Everything is so quiet, and the ride is super-soft. It is kinda surreal. I'm really fortunate that I can stay off the road for most of my commute, because it was not a day to be sharing the road with cars. The roads were really slick, and the shoulder/bike lane was a mess. I took a route that kept me off the main road entirely (on bike path and condo roads) for the first 5 of my 6 miles, and I walked the last mile in the snow off the side of the road. It took me 50+ minutes to get to work (compared with 18 minutes on my old ten-speed in the summer), but I didn't risk my life or make life more difficult for motorized traffic.