This is really dumb of me, but here's the story...

I have two bikes. One for 'fast' rides (Isis) and one for my commute (Greta). I have a hand pump that lives on my Isis that I pull off and throw into the trunk or strap to the rack on Greta when I commute.

Two days ago, when I hung up the Isis I pulled off the pump in preparation for the following day's commute and set it on the hood of my car so that I wouldn't forget it. Then, the next day when I had to take the dog to the vet, I ended up not commuting by bike.

Today, when I went to put the Isis back on my car I noticed that the pump wasn't there. I then remembered where I'd left it. I thought for sure that it would have fallen off on either backing out of the garage over the hose, or when I hit the road off our steep driveway. It was in neither place. I put my husband's pump in the same place on my hood and tried it, and sure enough, it stayed put.

So, on the way in this morning, I did my best to scan the road every place I might have had oportunity to make a sharp turn or hit some bumps. No pump.

I get to the highway portion of my drive and figure that either I'd missed seeing it, or some other lucky cyclist picked it up. I was about to stop scanning for it when I saw it...on the edge of the road near the median.

Crap!

So the question is this....should I go get it tonight? There is no place to pull over on the median, so I'd have to park on the right shoulder and cross the 3 lanes of traffic to get it. This morning it was way too busy to consider it, but at night, the road can be virtually barren of cars. Should I do it?

I can't decide if it is worth the effort/danger or not. I will say that it will kill me to see it there every morning that I drive to work as I'm sure it's not going anywhere anytime soon!

Damn...and I really like that pump too! It's not the cost (it was like a $30 pump) but I hate that I lost it being so incredibly stupid.