After many years of talking, I finally rode my bicycle to work this morning.  After all, it is KC Bike Week you know.  So, at least for one day, I went from 70 mpg on the scooter to none at all.  Oh yeah, reduced that carbon footprint way down there.  I took off from the house (late as usual) around 6:45 this morning.  I haven’t exactly been training very hard for this little experiment, so luckily Family Bicycles was hosting a rest break at Gregory & Wornall.  Had a nice little snack break and chatted a bit, gave me a chance to catch my breath.  Nice Lady:  “So, do you bike to work much?”  Fat Phil:  “No, first time.”  Nice Lady:  “How far have you been this morning?”  Fat Phil:  “Oh ’bout 1/2 a block, my house is the green one right over there.”  I’ll have to be sure and stop by this afternoon again on the way home, I think she’ll be pleased (or surprised) that I’m still kicking.  The ride went remarkably well actually, especially considering my total lack of planning.  I wasn’t entirely sure what route to take.  But, seriously, how lost can you really get between Brookside & Downtown?  I took Brookside down to the Plaza, then went east a few blocks and kind of meandered up side streets the rest of the way.  This “plan” ended up taking me through a few, shall we say, less than desirable stretches, but whatever.  No worries.  I think with a few tweaks I’ll have a good, low-stress route worked out.