Andy, I could not agree more about the wonders of night riding. Not only do well known paths feel different, sometimes they ARE different. I've had a couple of really odd experiences riding at night around Lancaster, PA. Riding through the farm communities outside of town usually means absolute quiet beyond the hum of my tires and breathing. Cars are uncommon on most the roads I use, even during the day. But at night you really get to focus on the odd stuff.
I was once riding through an area containing little but farms, mostly Amish, in late summer/early fall. Ahead I saw huge lights going in all kinds of directions. All kidding aside, it looked like a UFO had set down in the field. Even stranger was when I realized they were moving, and heading toward the road. As I got close, the lights flashed my way, then started moving away. As I pulled even, I realized that it was a HUGE combine cutting down the remaining corn stalks. It had lights all over the front to light up the field ahead like it was daytime. It must have hit the end of the field and turned around for the next pass right before I got there, thus the big flash in my direction. Another late summer incident was even stranger. Again, going through an area of farmlands in pitch black and quiet, I started hearing noises ahead as I dropped into a valley. When I cleared the treeline, a whole field was lit up like a Christmas tree, filled with Amish kids playing volleyball or sitting on blankets and watching/cheering on their friends. The lights were all run off a gas powered generator or two,which was what I heard as I approached. As soon as I hit the end of the clearing and started into the forested area again, the lights were quickly left behind and the sound muffled by trees, leaving me almost wondering if I had just imagined the whole thing. Have fun out there! Kurt Henry Lancaster, PA > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
