I rode my bike afterwork to a friend in Little Falls, NJ, which means I had to cross Rt 80 and Rt 46 on a road. Anybody from this area knows how much a traffic jam it is but there's a street that goes under Rt 80 and over Rt 46.. So I basically take this road over.. Once over there's a cop directing everybody over to Rt 46. Now Rt 46 is a madhouse of a 3 laned highway in which no way I was going to bike on. So I talk to the cop and it's a gas leak. They had a firetruck and the local gas companie there. The cop and a fireman suggest that I could cut through this razed lot and that there is a road about 50 yards west of here. So I do that, the "road" they talk about is actually a part of the old Morris Canal:

http://www.canalsocietynj.org/morrisfact4.html

http://www.canalsocietynj.org/morrisfact0.html

Anyway, glad I commute on my MTB so I go the 50 yards til I pass the closed section. After I left my friend's house after dinner, it's about 8;30pm and the detour is still on so I basically go the opposite way. Cross Rt 46/80 and then take the backroads to where I work. From there it's simply the water liine trail to an abandoned RR trail home with my 20w flood light blazing... Saw a couple cats and unidentified shadows but it reminded me how much fun it is to Mtn bike at night... I think I scared some little leagures after they saw me coming out of the woods with my bike lights on and reflectors and LED lights!

This morning was like the first time this week it didn't rain on the way to work...

Hurray for the little things..

Jay