Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Newport ride

Left  at 6:00 am this morning.  It was overcast with the feel that it could have a down pour at any moment.  One interesting adventure was when I came upon a sign that the bridge I was going to need to cross was closed.  I followed the detour that wanted to put me on route  2.  That section of route 2 did not allow pedestrian traffic.  A State DOT truck was turning in and stopped.  I asked what the status of the bridge was.  Thy assured me I would be fine.  The bridge was closed to commercial  traffic - local traffic would be able to cross.  NOT!

The construction crew took pity on me.  A man smaller than I hoisted the bike , with bags, over his shoulder and walked it over the shaky planking to the other side. Track the tour by clicking here.