The woods though, are beautiful.....
I was riding the bike on Thursday, and went up and down some hills off of 52 and down to 301, and the colors in the quiet wooded hills were amazing.
Friends have seen a bear or two there, and there are all kinds of critters, coyotes, bobcats, etc. around. There's even talk and sightings of mountain lions in NY State...Sometimes I wonder whether I should watch my back whether I'm going down some deserted hill at 45mph or going up sweating it out. I'd hate a critter jumping on my back at that moment, or jumping in front of me at those speeds.
Maybe I should get an AR-15 to carry with me. 
Even better, a bazooka or a shoulder fired missile launcher. My second amendment rights, right? Weapons of critter destruction, no?
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