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The sidewalk ends when the municipality known as “the city” ends. The only other paved border to any street is a bike trail, these do not connect to one another.
There are no really good maps to get around, or to take short-cuts. People don’t understand how to give walking directions. All directions include getting on and off the highway. If you tell someone you are on foot, they look at you like an alien, and tell you to find a bus schedule.
I told someone today that I was too cheap to buy a $2 bus ticket; she didn’t think that was funny.
You get really tired walking over 15 miles in a day. The good news is that the extra fat around my midsection seems to be going away, replaced by some actual muscle in that area.
Choose wisely what you decide to carry with you. Although it was nice to have my laptop while waiting at the DMV, it most likely wasn’t worth the backache and the extra sweat (I mean it is 85 degrees out there for the love of Pete).
Things take longer than you anticipate, even if you plan on the outside. Getting a license today was an all day event.
Shade is vastly underrated.
Forgetting something at the house is a much bigger deal.
Drivers think that you are an obstacle, a threat. Some actually take their hands off of the wheel when they see you.
You really learn to appreciate small trips in a car. My roommate just went to the store; I rode with, and got a case of water, that was a life-saver.
Hey hey hey. Glad you're at GMU now. Your pedestrian lifestyle: welcome to my life over the last six years! It's a good life, a healthy life, as long as (yes) you can avoid the ongoing explosion that is the self-righteous, complacent wheeled missile drivers and their SCUD-like steering inaccuracy.
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