Parking: got in trouble...

[Miranda]

check with LBS (multiple) to find a route for your fun ride. And they might be able to help you find an alternate route for your commute.

And I too get really nervous to be out alone in an isolated places. If I'm with my friends or with a man its one thing but to be alone its a whoolleee another matter.

And don't get discouraged with the unfriendly church. It's his loss.

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Thx for those words of encouragement . The road that I started the route on with parking is one 9 out of 10 times I pass another cyclists on. These people have to come from somewhere? The LBS is a great suggestion.

[Flur]

I agree with checking with LBSs, or even with the other cyclists that you see on the route. It's possible that one of them lives near there and will let you park in front of their house.

You're probably better off that the Pastor ultimately wouldn't let you park there. I found the insurance reason a bit concerning when I read your first post - I've never been to a church that checked memberships at the door, so they surely have people that aren't members parking in that lot every time they have mass. However, there's safety in numbers - he may have been concerned that if you were parking there when there wasn't mass, or consistently at the same times where your car was on it's own, etc, that your car would have been vandalized. This is more likely if it's happened before, so if you felt that he was being honest, they've probably had trouble in that parking lot.

[Miranda]

I agree with checking with LBSs, or even with the other cyclists that you see on the route. It's possible that one of them lives near there and will let you park in front of their house.

You're probably better off that the Pastor ultimately wouldn't let you park there. I found the insurance reason a bit concerning when I read your first post - I've never been to a church that checked memberships at the door, so they surely have people that aren't members parking in that lot every time they have mass. However, there's safety in numbers - he may have been concerned that if you were parking there when there wasn't mass, or consistently at the same times where your car was on it's own, etc, that your car would have been vandalized. This is more likely if it's happened before, so if you felt that he was being honest, they've probably had trouble in that parking lot.

That is an excellent point. He did meation something about teenagers doing some damage in their lot at nightime. Maybe what you say then is dead on the $ in that he thought I might hold them responsible for vehicle damage. When he meationed this, I just thought initially that he feared I might do their lot damage. For the privelage of parking there, I would be courtsey as possible of course.