Potholes are only too common in my neck of the woods. Many streets are in poor condition; and surfaces are often rough. That\’s why I use tough tires!

For the most part, the levee bike path is in much better shape than many local streets; and I\’m glad I have it easily available. Even that path has its rough spots. There\’s one about 18 miles out that\’s two large potholes trying to merge into one. It\’s so bad that I didn\’t even try to ride through it yesterday. It\’s not only rough; but quite deep. I hope they fix it soon.

The street where I live has been undergoing construction for quite some time; and it\’s a big mess. I don\’t like riding through it at all; but sometimes I have to. If I go to the supermarket before work, I don\’t quite dare return home via the longer, bike-path route. That means crossing railroad tracks; and who knows when a train might come along?

I especially don\’t like riding through rough, bumpy, potholes when I\’m on the road bike. Even now, after years of riding, I don\’t feel quite sure of my handling skills unless I take such surfaces slowly and carefully. I\’m glad I can avoid such surfaces while riding to work; and I\’m glad I don\’t need to use the regular streets to get in my miles on the road bike!

Then there are the potholes that life throws at us. Things don\’t always go smoothly, as we all know; and hurricanes, for example, come along to plague us. Incidentally, there are still many blue-tarp roofs out there. They were plainly visible as I was riding yesterday; and I hope those people can get repairs completed before the temperatures start falling into the 40s.