Trouble in USA

It's been almost a month now since I landed in "Election land" and caught up with all my old friends in Warrenton. Things got off to a good start with nice weather and great rides, however things took a turn for the worse as I ran into a little trouble with the law. Evidently I was speeding going through town... on my bike! Yep, speed limits are really low in the US, only 40kph in town, go down a hill and you quickly break the speed limit. Anyway, the police caught up with me later in the day at the bike shop in town where I was hanging out.

Just a precaution sir, there's nothing to worry about... Do you currently have any weapons or needles on your person sir?

I argued that I didn't have a speedometer on my bike and had no idea how fast I was going, but the Officer wouldn't have it, even showing me the video with the speed display proving I was over the speed limit. Oh well... :-(

Sir, I have video of you breaking the speed limit right here...

Apart from that all is going well. I've been enjoying frequent rides with the locals, and although I've been fighting half of them as (much like the Aussies) they have a tendency to want to ride way too fast for my liking at this time of year, it's been fantastic to catch up with old riding buddies and local legends. Riding with an old Team mate from France and giving Chris (I won both your stupid blog competitions Sim) Hayes has also been great. Only down side of being over here (apart from the drivers who don't know how to drive) is the diet.

The weather still pretty good here, there was a clod spell of a little over a week, but I'm back to wearing a T-shirt again now, so that's good... and of course next on the books is the sunny, golden Aussie wonderland! Look out Shep, here comes the invasion again!