I sure hope I can get past the nervousness of riding on the rural roads. My friend stopped over yesterday and I told her what I did. She doesn't ride at all and she said "you're nuts." She proceeded to tell me about a lady that was jogging on the road and was hit by a car. The lady survived but had to have her leg amputated.

I also know of another accident on our road. A person was riding their horse and I don't know how this happened, but a car hit the horse and the person. The horse had to be put down and I think the rider was hurt bad. The person riding the horse was riding in broad daylight so I don't know what happened. It wasn't a blind spot, nor was it in a hilly area. Pretty scary stuff.

The ride I did on Sunday was about 10 -11 miles and it was early (8:30 ish). The closer it got to 9 AM, the more motorists appeared on the road, probably going to church.

I hope I can get past being afraid.