Obviously, bikes are scarce this time of year

My normal route home is a semi-popular bike route during the summer.
But I've noticed for the last few weeks, the horses along the way have started watching me, even trotting over to the fence. They did that the spring I first started riding, but quickly stopped. I thought they had gotten used to *me* but I now think it's bikes in general.
(edit) Of course, the bike does *sound* funny with the studded tires, that could be it as well.

Nifty Google Maps Hack

Google Pedometer
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com
Allows you to define your route, and it records it and determines the length of the route. You can get permalinks to the route.

Here's my bike commute route:
http://tinyurl.com/c9tlm

This seems like a great tool for giving directions to places, especially since many times mapping sites get stupid or don't know about construction, local conditions, etc.