Getting in to riding gravel

[north woods gal]

Lived many years in eastern Nebraska and, yeah, I remember county roads all being laid out in a grid pattern. Also remember, though, that locals drove those gravel roads like the Indy 500 and would often ignore stop signs and keep going. Always made me very aware and nervous when biking those roads. The, too, when conditions were dry, you could choke on the dust. Up here, locals keep the speed down for fear of hitting deer and the roads just don't support high speeds, anyway. Seldom dry enough, either, for dust to be a problem.