Eastern Shore Ride Day 2 - Tilghman Island to Cambridge.

 Today I rode 20 miles the other direction on the dead end road to Tilghman Island, with 15 or 20 more detours to the ends of other dead end roads. Because scenery.

 And filling in squares in Veloviewer, that's why.

I came up on this huge estate at the end of one of these roads. It appears to be a hunting lodge (presumably for ducks) and a shooting range.

I went by another huge estate south of St. Michaels. There was a McLaren supercar pulling out of the long lane that leads back to the mansion.

There are tiny old towns at the crossroads when you are off the main roads. Here is the post office in Wittman, MD, population 315. 

All of this land is at very, very low elevation. It won't take much sea level rise to wipe it all away.

I had a pizza at a place in St. Michaels recommended by Mary. It was a Wine Bar.

I shared my concerns about sweaty bike riding me degrading the wine bars in St. Michaels, and Mary informed me that this wine bar has an enclosed patio in the back, where they allow dogs. "It Will Be OK".

This wine bar has "Detroit Style" pizza. Here is my chef's special, with fresh mozzarella, prosciutto and arugula, with balsamic vinegar drizzled on it. It was very tasty.

It seems my bike riding buddy Jim has had a thing for Detroit style pizza lately, so I showed him this pizza. He was aghast.

He says real Detroit style pizza is cooked in steel pans that once held nuts and bolts on the assembly line in a GM plant. And does not involve arugula in any way, shape, or form.

Today's ride was 73 miles of wandering around. No wind, temperatures in the 40s. I only had to ride 6 miles to get to Cambridge, which included the horrible, terrifying Choptank River Bridge. Which is the only way to cross the Choptank River, of course.

Here I am at the end of it, grateful to have survived.

This bridge is nearly two miles long, with debris all over the shoulder and heavy high speed traffic right next to me the whole way.

But now I've met up with Jim, in our fine room at the Holiday Inn Express.

Which is right next door to a very old school and very deserted Chinese restaurant. Like all old school Chinese restaurants, it has tropical drinks. I had Mai Tais.

There was traffic backed up down the highway for chicken fingers at the new Zaxby's next door though. What is wrong with people?

Here's the Strava track: https://www.strava.com/activities/16518895252