Sultry Wednesday

My oh my, it's another warm one!

Coming home from work I followed this cyclist for a while.

After another block-and-a-half, just before the intersection of Navajo and Lake Murray, said cyclist decided to go up on the sidewalk and wait at the light before they continued straight. Since I was still in the street, and turning right, it presented a few seconds of conflict.




A bit further on, on Lake Murray, yet another vehicle (an SUV!!) was stopped in front of the vet, in the bike lane. As I moved left to pass them they decided to pull out. Yet another few seconds of conflict!

It is quite pleasant cycling in the warmth, until one stops for a light. Then the sun is focused on one, as if through a magnifying glass, and the heat of the car exhaust pipe a few feet in front of one is stinkyfying.

I managed to snap a shot of this fellow on a recumbent climbing the slopey overpass on Baltimore Ave. whilst still pedaling, albeit slowly, myself.

I though 'bents were slower than two-wheelers on a hill, but near the top he pulled away from me quite briskly!




Pet Peeve #364 -- People pulled over by the police who stop in the bike lane, or in this case, in the middle of a road with no shoulder.

It's little hard to make out, but in front of the TWO police cars there is an SUV stopped and getting a ticket or something.

And of course this is rushing home hour, so some zillions are inconvenienced by one person's thoughtlessness.

But is it not the way of the world?