I got yelled at by a metro cop when I carried my bike down the stairs at Metro Center. He asked if I was from around here, and I could honestly say no, I was from Maryland. Ha!

"I'm not from here" is the best excuse.

I really enjoyed my ride from the Metro home. Approx. 4 miles of silence, just dark wet streets and the occasional car. At one point I was <30 feet from a deer who got spooked by my headlight and I could hear its hooves clacking on the pavement as it ran across the street. Huge. Amazing.