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Well today was another nice cool morning and although I believe the weather app said 70 something, there was a 65 feel in the air with cooler pockets of air in spots as I rode. I accomplished a new route today going up Walnut Rd to loop 337. From Landa St to the loop is a steady climb but I made it. But? Not without the a55h01e of the day. It's not even 7am and there's no shoulder on that road but there are 2 lanes in both directions. At that dark time of the morning very few cars passed in either direction then? This car buzzed right beside me enough for me to yell out and as it passed it was still going into the right lane before finally correcting back into the left lane, Leavin me to believe it was intentional.
Oddly enough at the top of the hill there was a police office stopped at the red light and I got yelled at... in reality, he yelled out a compliment. I have a rear flashing light on my helmet and two more below my butt. One on the seat post and another clipped to my saddle bag all flashing different patterns and a bright head light. I hear him yell out
"Hey I really like those lights" and I responded with a loud
Thank you sir.
With this in mind, I feel that buzzed by car had to see me. There's just to much flashing going on not to. Also, there's this. Don't get on your bike and do stupid or careless and blame mishaps on bad car drivers. Our funky flashy clothing (kits) stand out. Our lights, stand out. People will see and pay more attention to flashing lights then they will a steady on light. To a car driver, going 35 or more mph, a steady light may appear as a fixed object since we're typically going much slower and may not get a second glance. A flashing light usually gets the 2nd glance. At the very least some people may have that "oh crap a cop" reaction and slow down. I do have a steady on head light at night but it to goes to flashing during daylight hours. Anyway, I passed by my kids high school (GO UNICORNS!) then made my way to Gruene. From there it was coffee at "On The Grind". My KK (Kora Kora) coffee shop doesn't open that early so I went to OTG. They make a good cup-a-joe but since it's a Kiosk only, there's no place to sit. So with coffee in hand I coasted to the Shell station next door, stood on the side and enjoyed my coffee. After that I found that FM306 ends at another road with a bike lane then about a mile and I was on Hwy46 to Seguine. I rode through Seguin only stopping to take a photo at the Alma Mater of my oldest, Claudia and to check my maps as I passed my turn before reaching the university 🤷♂️🙄
I made the command decision to not turn around and take the intended road but to keep going straight until 46 crossed FM725 which will lead back to Klein Road to Walnut and home. This decision was ok but not without its faults. Texas could take example from 46 in Seguin on how to make ALL ROADS. It was soo buttery smooth I had the false expectation that the rest of the roads would be like that one or near the smoothness of that road...🤔 NOPE! Smooth to rough to smooth to rough and back and forth. I finally see a New Braunfels 11 Miles sign and felt "finally" knowing I had another 11 miles or more in me. 725 was that rough to not so rough road that I don't enjoy but it was necessary and one after another rolling hills which I actually liked. The scenery was nice with farms and other hilltops in the distance but the road, not so nice. One hopefully good photo I got was a guy's shop doing chainsaw sculptures from logs and I just happened to stop as he was getting ready to work on a log. Finally I saw the sign for Klein Road and from there I knew I had about a mile to 1.5 miles to the house. Klein was possibly the worst road of the day but also one of the shortest so no problem. From there, back on Walnut and home. Once again I'll say two things.
1. With everything you've read understand this. I still enjoyed this ride. What seems like bad rides actually make the most memories and it feels better to have ridden than to have stayed in bed.
2. Cars, be kind to cyclist. Many of our flat tires are ones we got so you wouldn't have to. "SHARE THE ROAD"
It's already a great day folks. Be blessed and RIDE ON!
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