Okay, as we know, google most certainly does lie. But today, google told the truth, and a Galloway Township, NJ cop lied. Or at least her partner/friend/boyfriend figure did, and she didn't contradict him. He told me it was perfectly legal to ride across US-9 just north of Port Townsend, where it joins the Garden State Parkway.
It's not.
And it's a really treacherous two miles, on an interstate, with construction blocking most of the shoulder.
But I did it anyway, since at that point, to turn around would have meant adding 15 or so miles to my already 71 mile day.
Oh, and the day started from Atlantic City in fog so thick it was like light rain, and with me bruising my calf badly while muscling my bike in the bushes alongside a bridge. Then the last 15 or so miles were in some of the most miserable suburban traffic ever, at least since I left Atlanta.
But I hustled to avoid the thunderstorms, have tofu broccoli and brown rice in me, and am ready to ride and ferry to Manhattan tomorrow.
Hard to complain, since life really does remain fantastic.
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