Was surprised on Monday's holiday to see a number of family groups with very small children riding (on independent bikes) the signed wide-shoulder state highway gap of our MUP. I guess in a way, safety there is almost entirely on drivers staying in the travel lane, so except at the rare intersections it doesn't really matter how old or experienced the cyclist is, but it just felt odd. Maybe it shouldn't, and the sight of younger cyclists there should be a norm, but I'd only previously seen such groups on the sheltered stretches.
Still, I don't think any of these groups started out their own front doors from car-free households, and if driving to the trail even for myself, I'd not personally pick a section that involved the road gap unless I wanted (as I usually do) to do a total length of ride that would require transiting it. There's also no shade out there.
Last edited by UniChris; 05-28-19 at 10:33 AM.