Sometimes I get bored riding the same roads over and over. I tried to fend off boredom by making my own personal time trials, i.e. picking a sign post at the top of a hill and trying to beat my best time past the post each day. The nice thing about rural New England is that you can often run into moose, bears, a fox or other wildlife while out riding. That helps make keep even the most familiar route interesting.

But sometimes it's more fun to ride down unexplored roads just to see where they go. And sometimes unexpected little adventures find you, such as yesterday when I got to play "superhero" on my bike:

http://katahdinbooks.blogspot.com/20...y-on-bike.html

The Ring Road in Iceland would probably be a great multi-day bike adventure, if it weren't so windy all the time. Driving it, it seemed perfect for riding--well paved, little traffic, terrific scenery. But there would be a near-constant headwind. Just watch out for polar bears. I hear they swim over from Greenland some winters to the north edge of Iceland.