Things we miss

I've been using this blog to document various rides for around nine months or so. However, my ride to work hasn't always received a lot of coverage in relation to some of the other places I ride. Of course, the reason for this is no secret -- I ride to work only for practical reasons. I certainly wouldn't go through Surfers Paradise five days a week if I was choosing my destination, and I've never claimed to ride to work for any reason other than that it's simply the best option. However, occasionally, the ride to work produces moments that make it worthwhile.

One of these occurred on Monday, courtesy of the South Pacific Ocean and a moon-rise. It was indeed beautiful to behold, and for once it was dark enough that I got to see it in all it's glory, the beach here wasn't it's usual crowded self. Of course, I don't generally carry the camera on my ride to work (for the reasons mentioned above), and so all I could do was vow to take that picture the next night, if it was still there. Well, sure enough, it was even better on the Tuesday, right on the horizon of the ocean, with that reddish tinge that it gets as it rises, before it really gets into the sky. Unfortunately, my camera wasn't -- this is what happens when you leave the house in a rush.

The last two nights the moonrise wasn't there (or at least not when I passed through). Tonight the ride was back to it's usual urban, boring run, only punctuated by the behaviour of the hooning jerks who seem to be attracted to the Gold Coast for some reason (probably because they get ridiculed everywhere else in the world). Still, it was good while it lasted. Maybe I'll try again next month.