Riding a bike around gives you a very different viewpoint of the world. I’ve been riding seriously for a couple of years but I’m still surprised at stuff that I see. It occasionally reminds me of the time my wife and I spent crawling around our house on our hands and knees “baby proofing” everything. A different perspective.
I’ve been riding up and down the Parkway path the past couple of days. It’s really the first time since winter relented that I’ve ridden that path. The winter hasn’t been kind to that path (I give it a couple of years before it’s unrideable by road bikes). In any event, riding up and down the shoulder of a major road really opens your eyes to the carnage that cars leave in their wake.