Good riding weather

[bunrab]

This evening, instead of regular rehearsal, the Bel Air Community Band had its awards banquet. So, we rode the bikes up there, about 60 miles each way (the banquet site is further away than the school we rehearse in.) Many people in the band did not know we were Biker Skum, since normally they only see us when we are toting large, heavy, asymmetrical brass objects, which travel better in a car than on a bike. Nice roads out in the countryside north of Bel Air proper. Note to self: you CAN'T see in the dark. Stop being so damn optimistic about it. Do NOT attempt to ride on interstate highways in the dark, even in the slow lane at 50 mph making other people crazy. REMEMBER that, why don't you, Kelly?

There are other routes home - we took US 1 most of the way, but got on I-695 for the last 15 miles or so, because the surface routes have problems. Staying on US 1 goes through some areas I'm not sure I want to ride a bike through at night, and US 40 would work except that I've been on that often enough during the day to know that it's in extremely bad repair in many spots, because it gets dug up for so many things so often, and so can be just as dangerous to two wheels. I'll have to investigate whether there are any other surface roads that aren't too complicated to find in the dark and would nonetheless allow me to stick to 35-40 mph, which is the outer edges of my night vision.

My brother JJ is gonna be in DE this week, visiting with our folks, so Thursday, weather permitting, we're gonna ride over to Dover and visit with them. And then stay overnight and ride back the next morning, NOT ride back 90 miles at night!

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[evilsithlady.livejournal.com]

Where you are, roads are always being worked on. You have my sympathies. :)