maybe I'm looking a little too comfortable?

[Grog]

I'm on the fence: should I be amused or annoyed by that driver's cluelessness?

*sigh*

[Melalvai]

I probably would not have moved over. I keep my three feet whether they want to give it to me or not. Last night I was absolutely sure the kid in the pickup behind me through the roundabout was going to give me the finger or something because I slowed down when I hit the curve--wind was strong in my face--but he smiled and waved as he passed after the roundabout. Then we were side by side (in different lanes) at the stop light and I hollered "Thanks for waiting for me!" and he was really nice.

Your story reminds me of a terribly rainy windy day last week when I pulled my trailer up the 2nd steepest hill I've ever been on. At the top of the hill a lady stopped me, in the rain, in the middle of traffic did I mention how wet I was??, to ask me directions to the hospital. I wished later that I had just kept on riding.

[Geonz]

I dunno, when somebody wants directions to a hospital or cemetery... odds are better than usual that there's something unpleasant involved and they're upset and perhaps not behaving normally.

[redrhodie]

I dunno, when somebody wants directions to a hospital or cemetery... odds are better than usual that there's something unpleasant involved and they're upset and perhaps not behaving normally.

Yeah, I thought of that afterward. Still, it was kind of surreal.

[SouthernBelle]

as the the guy in the truck, I think sometimes people just find us interesting. Last night, Meg & I got in a rare ride together. At a traffic light, a woman in front of us was too busy looking at us in her mirror to go. I pointed out that seeing 2 women on road bikes in our area isn't that common and she was just interested, or fascinated, or whatever.

Sometimes it's a compliment.

However, the lady asking directions was clueless.

[Aint Doody]

At the end of about a 20 mile ride by myself, I was heading back to my car which was parked at work. I was on a one-way street and needed to turn left. I made my signals and got in the left lane and noticed a big, black SUV behind me. I turned, and it followed me, then passed me, then stopped. I thought, "Oh, no, I've pixxed somebody off somehow." The guy motioned me to his passenger window. I eased up reluctantly. He had just bought a cruiser and wanted to chat! He went on and on as he sat in his big SUV smoking a cigarette. I was very pleasant and finally was able to get away from him. I asked if he had gotten a helmet. His reply was, "Naw, they didn't have one big enough to fit my head!" What a character..........