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Playlist: It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas.

I know I said that I wouldn’t be riding at night again because of the number of deer I had encountered (I did say that out loud didn’t I?) but guess what?
Tonight I rode after dark again but, as the title suggests, encountered fewer obstacles. The Partridge is poetic license although a dually with high beams did cast a shadow that looked like a bird in a tree to me!
The weather was 84F with 12mph SSE wind making for a pleasant ride.

Playlist: All in my mind – no electronics tonight.

If you’ve ever seen what a deer can do to a truck when the two encounter each other on the road at night you will understand why I rode this evening with my fingers on the brake levers ready to stop at a moments notice. Admittedly my bike travels much slower than a truck but then neither am I cocooned in a protective steel cage so the damage done by colliding with a deer could still be considerable. I had delayed my Sunday ride until evening to avoid the heat of the day but I underestimated the numbers of deer that wander the streets of Country Club and Fulton after dark.

Down to the Waterline – Dire Straits

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