Dec 21 2008
Another Snowy/Icy Day
The photo of the I5 bridge shows the bike path on the right side. I wonder how slippery and how much snow and ice is on the path? Traveling on the downhill side would be interesting. If you lost control you would be lucky to hit a bridge girder, because the other option would be to go over the rail and into the Columbia River.
Today I started to go to the grocery store on my mountain bike. But yesterday’s snowfall was followed by freezing rain last night and after falling twice on a short ride up the street, I decided to walk the 1.1 miles to the store. Sadly this was the first time I saw so many people walking to the store. Its too bad it takes snow and ice covered roads to get people to give up their cars.
That looks really scary. A total breakdown of any subjective safety at all, so that even keen cyclists give up.