Well unfortunately this topic impacted me enough over the last two days that I changed my route today. Over the last two days I've dealt with what looks like gang members as I would make my way from W Bellfort Park and Ride to the Braes Bayou Trail, about a 4 mile stretch. On Monday it was some verbal threats but on way back yesterday I had some good size rocks hurled at me. They missed and I just dug deep to get out of the situation. I'm not dealing with that sh*t anymore. Last thing I want is to become some gangs initiation punching bag. I have to make it home to the wife and kid.

It's depressing because my bicycle commute has now gone down from 18 miles one way to 10 and the amount I drive to a new Park and Ride has gone up from 7 miles to 12. However, the new Park and Ride (Westwood Park) is right off the trail at the 610 loop. I'm going to play around on google maps and add a few miles for a longer ride.