Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

Miles Today: 14.8
Miles This Month: 22.6
Miles This Year: 55.4

I rode to the Book Crossing meeting tonight. Arrived with a grin a mile wide, and semi-interested looks from a couple of tattooed males sitting nearby. After the meeting, I was determined to ride more than five miles. It was a senseless kind of a ride, really, but I did learn a few things. Firstly, the gears are okay; I only missed once or twice. It’s user error. Secondly, I’m getting better at turning and putting the bike where I want, but I still need more practice as I don’t always interpret the lane markings very well. I can slow down at night, but in the daytime that would really irritate other drivers. Thirdly, I now know where Maude Avenue ends and found a new way onto Highway 237.

I turned right on El Camino, rode along to Sunnyvale Saratoga where I turned right, and went right down to Maude. Then I continued on Maude as far as it went, looped round a little roundabout thing in a nice quiet industrial region, and went left on Mary. I followed Mary down to Mathilda, then turned left on Maude. I had not yet done ten miles, so on Wolfe I kept going, and ended up at El Camino again. I then did the Sunnyvale Saratoga right, but turned right onto whatever the street is with the doctor’s clinic, then turned left on Fair Oaks, and home.

I was tired, but not scared; I just need to build my confidence.

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