The Long Road

06/16/2003 Archived Entry: "find me!"

As Melissa said recently, "screw anonimity!"
This is a map of the route I took while biking today, it took me about 35 minutes to do the circuit.

I somehow managed to snap the kickstand while biking. I had noticed that something was ratling but didn't look closely until I got home. Now to buy a new kickstand.

Potential stalkers can use this map to approximate very closely where I live (it's the red dot).

See here

May 21, 2003
Did some off-road biking for the first time. Or at least it was significantly more off-road than I had ever done before. I went to the Conroy Pitt (1) which Brad had told me about. Biked around on the dirt paths that were available there for a while. There were some nice man-made ramps and bridges everywhere. It was very nice to bike in 30 degree weather under a canopy of trees. I more or less just biked around aimlessly not knowing the paths at all. When I finally made it out, I crossed the street to the other forest. I found a path that was more like a footpath. The thing was very narrow and surrounded by grass that almost 3 feet high but I used it anyways. I followed the path for a while until I came to an open field where it became almost impossible to see where the path was. I used my tracking skills (“a hobbit lay here, and another”) to follow what I thought seemed like the right way to go. I ended up in a clearing full of pine needles (2). Needless to say, I could absolutely not see where the path was anymore with all the needles on the ground. I picked up my bike and walked it around trying to see if I could find a way out of the clearing. After about 10 minutes I couldn’t see anything and wasn’t sure where the path I had come in from was, I decided to walk in a straight line until I could make out something familiar. I was finally able to make it out of there after a little bit of walking. I found my way out of the forest and continued biking around on nice safe sidewalks for a bit more. I was out for about 90 minutes and got 10-ish bug bites. Very fun, except for the bug bites.

Map here.

May 23, 2003
Did almost the same course as May 16th except I went around in a different direction and headed up Alta Vista thinking I might make it to Darryl's and back before it got too dark but I decided to stop at Alta Vista and Smyth since it was already pretty dark. I didn't enjoy the trip up Alta Vista too much, there were way too many traffic lights to stop at, really slowed my pace down. I was gone for about an hour, from 9 to 10.

Map here.

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woohoo! i'm quoted! i feel so special!

Posted by melpie @ 06/18/2003 03:28 PM EST