Day 4: Maybe This Won't Kill Me After All

I had a couple of rare days off to sit around my apartment and contemplate my navel. It was spectacular. The days off, not my navel.

I thought the time off would have made it harder get back on the bike today, but the opposite was true. The time to let my muscles rest helped, and the ride to work this morning was [ shockingly] pleasant.

The more I ride though, the more questions I think of. Do I really, really have to obey traffic laws like stopping at four way stops? How do I signal that I want to turn? What kind of cheese tastes best on a Wheat Thin?
Probably best to look these up.

Fresh from the League of American Bicyclists, (http://www.bikeleague.org/index.php) the rules of the road:

Stay in the right lane, not the sidwalk, and stay in the right third of thant lane, to avoid being squeezed into a narrow lane by passing traffic.

Move into the center of the lane before intersections and turns to assert your position to other drivers.

Left arm out and down with palm to the rear to indicate stopping.

Left or right arm straight out to indicate left or right turn

And sharp cheddar or blue cheese are both very good on Wheat thins.

In other news, whilst riding down the road, a squirrel carrying an acorn ran out in front of me today. He waited until I was 12 or so inches from him before darting back the way he came. I felt like a car for a whole minute because of this. His actions lead me to the conclusion that, in their habitat of origin, squirrels were elephant hunters. This is the only reason I can think for three pound squirrel to wait in front of a three thousand pound moving object (a car, not me on my bike) and dart away only when it comes close enough to clearly discern.