We're far enough into this now that the end of pandemic, or at least
"opening" is even a topic. I've sure had some collected thoughts.
It's quiet. Air travel has clearly diminished to the point that I look up
at every plane that's on its long approach to the airport, 20 miles to the
west.
This thread has drifted a bit from my perception of the Rivendell ethos. We
all have frustrations whether with vehicles or other road and trail users,
and I appreciate that the shelter in place measures are affecting more
urban people in very different ways than they are affecting me.
The
I’ve been hiking more, and I’m finding tons more trail riders than previously.
I’ve noticed that those riders expect me to move off the trail into the weeds
to make space and that I can smell their “slipstream” for several minutes after
they pass. Just sayin.
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I too thought I was offended by whatby whom ? Yes . whatever
was convenient ! And so I played along with "I'm so offended" offensive
and I took offense to being so offended ! And so began a chain
reaction of "I'm so offended" ... it seemed the whole world was "I'm so
LBleriot wrote: "Having participated in another online memorial for a friend
lost to the pandemic, I’ve learned to appreciate every day I get to spend with
my family. I work for a healthcare system in the middle of the crisis, and
I’ve learned from doctors and nurses what brave really means.
Interesting new scars?! Did you get hit by a car???
I’ve been wanting to chime back in here again about more new things I’m
learning.
1. I despise vehicles. I thought I disliked them before but I despise them now.
It’s been quieter on the roads and I’ve been enjoying audiobooks with my air
Having participated in another online memorial for a friend lost to the
pandemic, I’ve learned to appreciate every day I get to spend with my
family. I work for a healthcare system in the middle of the crisis, and
I’ve learned from doctors and nurses what brave really means. I’ve learned
I see people discovering they can move in normal clothes: hiking, running,
biking in non-athletic apparel. That is a delight to see!
With abandon,
Patrick
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Cobb and Paulding counties, GA, re-opened the Silver Comet Trail today.
I’ll avoid talking about the wisdom of re-opening Georgia, but re-opening
the Comet was definitely interesting.
I suddenly understand the comments about trails being crowded.
Leah’s comment about “roving cattle” who “don’t
Everything... by Self-Nature of Existence Existing, is Wonder-Full .
Enjoy your Ride today , it's never the same twice !
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Everything... by Self-Nature of Existence Existing, is Alright . and
there isn't anything "else", more or less.
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Monday eve 5-7:30 went for walk in woods and drove into our small town
and it was dead in the park on the trails and in town, and the weather
was just as good.
So I guess it really was just Sunday drivers I should avoid. I will
have to take that into account, by the weekend people are too cooped
"I think people packed the kids in the cars and just drove them around
aimlessly."
I do this, I drive more now than I did in the before time. Just to be somewhere
not in the house.
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Yes, the increase in crazy and faster driving was almost instant in St.
Louis. I usually drive 10 over, and I was getting passed on city streets
that aren’t passing types of streets.
I think part of it may be that some of our good driving habits are really
us reacting to what’s going on. For
Yesterday (Sunday) there was a lot of cars out unlike last week, I think
people packed the kids in the cars and just drove them around aimlessly.
(Dang Sunday Drivers)
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I've noticed the freeways here are heavily patrolled lately. The Highway Patrol
has less wrecks to attend to and plenty of speeders to catch. Fish in a barrel!
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Even pre covid I noticed that drivers accustomed to driving slower than they
would like due to traffic seem to drive as possible. Absent traffic the foot
goes to the floor.
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One thing I've learned, living in an urban environment (Boston) that has
very aggressively built bicycle and ped infrastructure over the years, and
reduced vehicle speed by lowering speed limits (25 mph limit in Somerville,
20mph limit in Cambridge), installing traffic calming devices, etc, is
I’ve been thinking about this for over a week, and finally collected my
thoughts enough to write about it. ‘
It’s complicated, but here it is.
https://pipesbikesandleather.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=218=edit
On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 6:20:52 PM UTC-5, aeroperf wrote:
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> It’s the first
i've learned that government can be incredibly stupid. I guess I already
knew that but this confirms it.
On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 6:20:52 PM UTC-5, aeroperf wrote:
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> It’s the first time I’ve started a thread, but I’d be interested to hear
> about what you’ve learned that’s new to you.
Good topic.
The biggest change in my personal riding has been to ride more directly
from home which gives me more time to play (usually poke around and take
pictures) on the way. There's a lot of life in between the cracks if you
stop and really look.
I've been working with friends to expand
This reminds me that, while there are more cyclists on the paved roads and
dirt paths nowadays, and this includes more riders on more-or-less road
bikes -- drop bars, narrowish tires -- I seem to see fewer (sorry if I
offend sensibilities) carbon fiber freds than I did pre-coronavirus.
Perhaps
I didn't read all if what Will wrote, but I mentioned something similar to a
friend of mine weeks earlier.
Reduced traffic is nice and yes I have noticed small gaggles of families out
riding; kids on bikes they've grown out of already & their overweight parents
squirming around on top of
I've experienced, in cycling all over Seattle over the last couple weeks
(as well as during a trip last week to LA), a glimpse into a futuristic low
carbon economy where an abundance of fresh air exists in the dirtiest of
metropolises. Unreal!
( there's a nasa study floating around showing
Fellow riders on the road are actually friendly. I think they are slowing
down enough (re: not concerned about PBs, or whatever their electronic
tracking devices are telling them) to wave and say hi. It is refreshing.
I learned the ocean is more blue today. Rode to Montana de Oro park, the
I don't have anything bike related - nor particularly uplifting - to add, I've
just learned how stunningly fast the world can change into something almost
unrecognizable. We're a few weeks into the Stay At Home directives in
California and honestly I think I'm still a little in shock by how
No field, but live adjacent to many wooded walking roads and paths, and
while evening rush hour auto traffic is like 1 pm on an ordinary weekday,
weekday trail traffic is like that of a pleasant Sunday morning in mid
Spring or mid Fall; and there are indeed more families than usual, even for
Things I have learned. Random, but they’ve made an impression.
1. Patience on “my” trails. I’m used to moving about with very few folks in the
way. Now that everyone is sick of being home, they have taken to tje trails and
are like roving cattle on the MUP. They don’t understand bells. I’ve
I'd take this topic in a different direction. In an e-mail post from Riv
today, while hoping for the best in the future for those financially
impacted by the public shut-downs, Will discussed the sort of positive
effects - lesser vehicle traffic on favorite routes, etc. My property
backs up
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