this morning my back wheel was wiggling a bit as if a spoke was loose. turns out it was not only loose but broken – a huge CRACK in downtown Boston.  luckily, a Cambridge bike store replaced it for me.

the plan was to ride back to South Station and catch the train to Hyde Park, then bike the half mile to my car. I rode down to the Memorial Drive bike path — WHICH BY THE WAY IS NOT LIT AND NOT SAFE TO RIDE AT NIGHT — and the crossed the mass ave bridge. before long I found myself at the Southwest Corridor path — which is lit the entire way — and then realized I didn’t have a plan for getting to my car.

I had parked in the StonyBrook park and taken one of the murderously uphill trails (never again!!), so I had to  climb West Roxbury Parkway (could be worse I guess) and then ride my brake all the way down Ennenking.

The ride wouldn’t have been so bad if I hadn’t
1) worn my glasses, which completely fogged up and got blurry from the rain
2) been wearing jeans, which got soaked
3) or rather, HAD washed my water-resistant biking jacket and worn it. I had on Heather’s old fleece, which the water passes right through.

it took almost an hour and 40 minutes, but I made it!