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The town that I work in recently built a multi-use path leading from the
town recreation grounds/baseball field/fairground up a steep hillside next
to a dam to link up with more multi-use paths circling the reservoir and
connecting a few adjacent towns. Not the best design in the world, awfully
steep and switchbacky for the typical recreational cyclist that uses
multi-use paths around here, so I only use it returning home from work late
at night when noone else is on it. I usually do my homeward (uphill) commute
between 8 PM and 1 AM, depending on my work schedule. The path is quite
pleasant then, no traffic issues and a fairly tranquil setting.
Today's local paper carried a story about a trio of local police officers
who had gone out to this area to investigate a suspicious/abandoned vehicle
and found themselves being followed by three mountain lions as they walked
back to their vehicles. A state wildlife biologist explained to the press
that the animals were most likely a mother and her cubs (mountain lions do
not travel in packs otherwise) and they were most likely passing through
this area on their way to better hunting territory (which does exist not far
from where the incident occurred). Maybe this is true, but I think I'm going
to change my route for the homeward commute for a while.
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mark
town recreation grounds/baseball field/fairground up a steep hillside next
to a dam to link up with more multi-use paths circling the reservoir and
connecting a few adjacent towns. Not the best design in the world, awfully
steep and switchbacky for the typical recreational cyclist that uses
multi-use paths around here, so I only use it returning home from work late
at night when noone else is on it. I usually do my homeward (uphill) commute
between 8 PM and 1 AM, depending on my work schedule. The path is quite
pleasant then, no traffic issues and a fairly tranquil setting.
Today's local paper carried a story about a trio of local police officers
who had gone out to this area to investigate a suspicious/abandoned vehicle
and found themselves being followed by three mountain lions as they walked
back to their vehicles. A state wildlife biologist explained to the press
that the animals were most likely a mother and her cubs (mountain lions do
not travel in packs otherwise) and they were most likely passing through
this area on their way to better hunting territory (which does exist not far
from where the incident occurred). Maybe this is true, but I think I'm going
to change my route for the homeward commute for a while.
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mark