The ride in went well this morning, 39F when I left, wore a polypro long sleeve shirt with a short sleeve over it, light shell jacket and my safety vest. Had full finger gloves on and a headband to cover my ears. Within 10 minutes I was too hot and took off my shell, it made the rest of ride much better.

Witnessed a rear-end auto accident right before I went in the gate to the Navy Base, no one was hurt, but I called 911 and stayed until the cops showed up. Made me glad I wasn't in a car.

Now to the ride home. Took a slightly different route and was on a 4 lane divided highway with one lane blocked off for construction. I was in that lane and looking over my shoulder to see when it was clear to cross when BAM!!! The next thing I know I'm flying over the handlebars. Turns out the construction consisted of taking out sections of concrete from the road, creating holes about 6 feet wide, 3 feet long, and 1 foot deep. A couple of construction workers came running over to see how I was. They were pretty impressed that I was able to get up. I punctured my front tire, knocked my front wheel out of whack, and bent my fork on my Electra Townie 3. Road rash on elbow, knee and hand, and some possible broken/cracked ribs.

Anyone have experience with rib injuries? It's fairly painful, hurts to breathe and so forth. Don't know if I should go in for x-rays. Hope everyone else had a safer ride than I did today!