@mtheriaultsf @meganL ugh! I didn’t know they added the permit requirement. I rode through the camp years ago when you could just show up. I’m glad I saw your post because there’s a small chance I might have planned a future ride through the base without realizing the rules had changed.

@flyhigh thanks for the recommendation, I will check it out. And thanks for sharing your experience, it’s nice to not feel alone.

I made a breakthrough 20 years ago that feels similar in some ways but different in others. I was raised as a christian, but after years of self-reflection and internal struggle I realized that I was agnostic and ultimately an agnostic atheist. That transition was hard and scary. I didn’t want to change what I believed, but my old beliefs left me feeling confused and inadequate and didn’t square with my lived experience. This breakthrough is similar in that rejecting the gender binary helps me understand myself and my place in the world, even if that’s different from how I was raised or different from how many people in our society think about gender and gender expression. What’s different this time is that it doesn’t feel hard or scary, at least not internally. It feels good and exciting to reject the gender binary. It might be harder or scarier to put it out into the world but internally it’s a breath of fresh air. It’s like taking off a jacket that was two sizes too small.

@emilymhorsman same! I worry more about my chain a lot more since I started waxing. Before waxing I figured that chain wear was a fact of life. Now I’m much more attuned to how clean my chain is & more motivated to try and get more life out of it.

@scott depends on the ride. If it’s a special ride and you want to maximize participation (something like the ride of silence) I would postpone based on any amount of rain. If it’s a weekly or monthly ride I would only cancel if there’s heavy rain.