Wacky, great job! I'm so glad you did it and had fun.

ASammy, while those incidents are no fun and can be quite serious, I hope it doesn't dissuade you from riding. In my 25+ years of riding, I have been tapped by a car twice. Once was on a very busy street in Boston. The other was while crossing a very busy street in Washington DC in the crosswalk. Happily neither were serious. But in all my riding, that's pretty small beans and I'm certainly not going to let the bullies keep me off my bike.