Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Bicycling directions (beta): use caution.

Caution, indeed! Today's 46.8 miles (so far) were some of the most difficult I've ever ridden. Google's bicycling directions sent me down a rough dirt road (okay, I admit, I had to go past some barricades to get on it. Permanent barricades. But hey: I ALWAYS do what google maps tells me to: I think you get shot with a laser from space if you don't.)

The road then ended abruptly, and I had to climb down and out of a steep drainage culvert. Then it really started to suck: about 15 miles of soft dirt roads through an enormous series of industrial corn fields.

Waiting for the ferry to Cape Hatteras now, so tomorrow should be better.

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