It finally happened. It took almost eight years, but it did finally happen.
Last Sunday, while out riding gravel northwest of Edmonton,
I encountered, for the first time ever, another gravel cyclist in the wild.
That is, someone not part of the same organized ride I was participating in.
Val and I were heading east on Township Road 534, just west of the intersection
with Highway 44. The cyclist came toward us from the paved Meadowview Road. But
instead of following pavement north or south, as I assumed he would, he crossed the highway and rode
onto the gravel, right past us.
