My riding yesterday was divided into two parts. In the early afternoon,
I headed to the bike shop for some supplies, including a bell and a
rear light. I had a horn, but riding up behind people and honking the
horn tending to be overkill. I also needed a rear light that wouldn't
pop off the bike (usually at the wrong moment -- crossing the street,
headed through a mud puddle). Afterward, I went down to the Anacostia.
As you can see, I got confused at first and headed towards the
Northeast Branch Trail before doubling back to the Northwest Branch
Trail. I was looking for the Sligo Creek Trail, which heads towards
Takoma Park and Silver Spring. I passed the West Hyattsville metro
station (where the trail system will eventually connect into DC) and
made it to Sligo Creek in time to look across the bridge, turn around
and head back.

In the evening, I installed the bell and the rear light. I didn't need
the bell, but it had gotten dark enough to need the light. I went up
the College Park Trolley Trail to the Paint Branch Trail, but when I
got to campus, I cut back through the university. It was nice riding
past the chapel where Christina and I got married.

I don't usually like riding along the sidewalk, but it was too dark to
turn back onto the trail, and biking Route 1 is a suicide mission. So I
hugged the sidewalk through downtown College Park, then cut through
University Park to get home as the light was fading.

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Posted By Jon to Android's Dungeon at 6/21/2009 11:59:00 PM