Today and part of yesterday you have been following the Northern Tier route - caused me to look at my journal as I recalled the lakeshore views. The Northern Tier follows Lake Ontario and Lake Erie for a few hundred miles, I remember feeling sad when the route turned inland - it felt like I was leaving an old friend when we veered away from the lakeshore.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone reads them, or if they go straight into the post - but I'm not surprised you do... you don't miss much, if anything.

I do like to hide Easter eggs in the blog. :-)

In eye doc office waiting for annual checkup. This answers some of yur question --> https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/heartattack/pre-trip-details-gear-research-project-and-other-tidbits/ Yes, the data supporting my conclusion is statistically significant - I don’t remember the p value. For years I made a living as a Forensic Engineer specializing in vehicle collidion reconstruction - I've testified in state and federal courts in both civil and criminal trials as an expert for either the defense or the plaintiff - I've been involved in investigations of several bicycle fatalities, I've taught bicycle accident reconstruction to police groups - so this project had both professional and personal interest to me. I have published in the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) journal, was an active member in their safety committee - but I'm retired now and this project will remain unpublished as I have other priorities. Got to get eyes examined now, more later

In my MN to MA journal, I posted a picture of one of the neighboring houses, but I do remember this one too.

You probably thought the joke in your page title was too subtle for me to get.

One of about 20 species of goldenrod in that area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidago

Nice macro shot of flat pea flowers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathyrus_sylvestris

British, has the Royal Crown

Fortunately, I was only on the road for about 3-4 miles, and the rest of the time on bike paths and sidewalks, but....
Questions, Questions, Questions!
1. How did that end up being a project for you? Personal or Professional?
2. Was it statistically significant? What was the p-value?

No rearview mirror because it was attached to the helmet.

No, indeed they do not.

Darn! I should've thought of that! With the amount of weight I'm carrying, I probably wouldn't have noticed it.

The undies don’t lie.

Would make a great bike lock chain, but how to transport it?

A Tardis? Superman's closet?

Discussion of the pros and cons of helmet vs. no helmet is a banned topic - so I won't do that. But, in regards to your situation today, you should know that drivers who passed you likely gave you an extra 3.25 inches (on average) lateral distance than they would have if you had been wearing a helmet. I'm confident in saying this because I have measured it - I have thousands of data points actually - and my own measurements (which were intended to be published, but it seems unlikely I'll ever get around to it) agree with published research. Just an interesting FYI, and certainly not an advocation for riding helmetless. But shame on you for not having a rearview mirror!