Close Call This Morning while biking

I'm doing my favorite 35 mile bike ride this morning before work.  I ride this really cool loop that goes by farms and has nice rolling hills.  It is really cool to smell the fresh cut hay and listen to the roosters crow.  I pick this route because the traffic is mostly going the other way, towards town.  I normally head out at 5:30, that gives me plenty of time to be home and get ready for work. 

Well, I'm cranking hard up a hill and look up to see cars coming in the opposite lane.  No big deal, that is the way the traffic flows.  Then I see this older camero jump out in my lane to pass a car.  He is going 65 - 70 mph and headed straight for me.  I start looking at the ditch, thinking this is gonna hurt and prepare to go into the woods.  The car at the last moment, pulls back in behind the car he was attempting to pass.  I was lucky that he spotted me at the last moment.  I couldn't be missed.  I wear a bright color reflective jersey and they still don't see me. 

It seems that almost every morning, I'm having a close call.  This one is the first that I knew could be deadly.  I'm beginning to wonder about these early morning rush hour rides. 

Be sure to ride like you are invisible.  You just may be to those cages.