There is a great stretch of path that was just repaved from
the Theo Wirth Park Way to down town. The ride is super smooth and relatively
flat making it a nice speedy commute. However there are no lights and when the
sun is down the expanse of the valley and the foliage that rises like walls of
a canyon on either side make for very dark conditions.
I’m glad to have had my beautiful riding companion with me
tonight as the extreme urban darkness was already eerie but being alone would
have been downright scary. For one thing, not all headlights are created equal
and on this leg of the journey a source to illuminate the path is a must. Later we were passed by a regular night rider
with an awesome headlight that rivaled those of the oncoming car lights that
saturated our already super dilated eyes.
The rider lit up our path from behind for a few hundred feet
as he approached then wished us well on the rest of our journey as he steadily
moved passed us soon to crest a rise in the path and never be seen again. This
illuminating figure was typical for the rest of the bikes out past dark.
Everyone was out with a purpose and everyone cast their well wishes and warm
greetings in all directions which lit up the night air as well.
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