I had some things I needed to do today at the shop and knew it would be late when I got back home so I put the Townie in back of my truck so I could get a ride in while the sun was out. It was a nice day but it cools off a little too quickly for me when it goes down. At about 4 pm my time I decided to go for about an hour spin, just a little cool but really nice and clear with bright sunshine.
I had not even gone a quarter of a mile when one of the my most dreaded cycling catastrophes happened. I had forgotten to bring my Garmin to work with me.

. It was a tough decision whether I would keep riding or just leave work and go home and ride in the cold darkness with lots of traffic. I was very close to doing just that but I was out on some of my favorite roads and the weather was great and no traffic around so I did the nearly unthinkable, rode without a Garmin. I did happen to notice what time it was when I left and returned

. I will go to map my ride and plot the route, so I can make a special file to keep a record of this and possibly any other times I could make this unbelievably stupid mistake again.