Wait, wasn't this the year you were going to try to take it easy?? But, hey, as long as you're still having fun on the bike, it's all good, well done!

I'm heading to Assateague National Seashore after work today to camp out on the beach with a bunch of folks, through Sunday. I had plans, while there, to ride from Assateague to Chincoteague via what looks to be a path or trail extending from Bayberry Road. I even put 34c cyclocross knobbies on the Airborne in case the path was sandy. Prepared!

But my occasional-bike-buddy Dave tells me that he's done some poking around, and he thinks that the route might be, as he put it, "all sand, all the time." (I had noticed myself that in Google satellite view, the path is suspicously bright-white, with no visible markings.) He suggested a "Riding for Lunch program" instead. (We rode to Berlin one day on last year's beach trip, and lunch in the sandwich shop there -- in the air conditioning! -- was a nice break from the relentless sun, heat, and sand of the campsite.)

I won't have time to put the smooth road tires back on the Airborne (and I literally cannot pack EVEN ONE MORE THING into my car because I volunteered to also bring a giant load of firewood). I could bring the Trek 520 instead . . . but if I think my car won't absolutely collapse, I might bring both bikes; I'd still like to see how far we could get down that possibly sandy trail! Has anyone ever ridden there?