Should I stay home and get started on house chores or should I saddle up on my mountain bike and then head out for a mind-clearing, relaxing, off-the-main-roads bicycle ride? That was the nagging question earlier this morning. Seeing as though I’m the type of person that abhors being plagued by indecisions, I made up my mind lickety-split. So off I went on my mountain bike to meet and greet the rising sun and the early-rising humanoids who were seemingly piloting their two-ton motor cars and trucks antagonistically along the asphalt infrastructures. However, not wanting to meet and greet the early risers by accident, I remained on the sidewalks and what few bike trails adjoined. Other than simply wanting to get out to enjoy the early morning on two wheels, my main objective was to ride toward the vicinity of Pembroke Road and I-75 to learn if the new bridge that crosses the interstate had been completed. It wasn’t and the roadway was blocked off by a tall chain link fence to prevent inquisitive bicyclists like me from crossing despite the “Road Closed” signage. Mildly disappointed, I left the construction area and continued further south towards the City of Miramar. I like riding my bicycles in Miramar. For the most part, the sidewalks are well maintained, unlike my City of Pembroke Pines, and every intersection has a crosswalk light to assist pedestrians when they wish to cross a busy street. I suggest that all pedestrians and bicyclists be watchful, though, because quite often the motorists ignore crosswalk lights…especially those motorists that are making right turns on red. It is rare if a motorist actually stops and then safely proceeds. Rolling through right-turn-on-red intersections and stop signs has become common place in our over-crowded, metropolitan areas. Shame on the law-breakers! Anyhow, I ended up riding sixteen miles, six more than I set out to ride. I learned that several sidewalks in Miramar agonizingly end without notice, which forced me to make a couple of U-turns, backtracking in search of sidewalks that would bring me back to my neighborhood. I found them with the greatest of ease!