OUCH!!!

Another small ride today - We thought we should do two things - get some miles in and practice on our clipless pedals. The first hour and a half went pretty well. Then we started to think that we really weren't doing anything to get used to the pedals because we weren't stopping and unclicking them. So we thought we should do a little starting and stopping. The first thing to happen was that Mary Kay missed a turn and ended up in some gravel. It is just a little scrap on her knee, not too much blood. Fortunately nothing is broken. Of course I couldn't say much, because it just wasn’t the right thing to do. We started out again and were trying to get clicked in - we were in a fairly high traffic area so our plan was to stay on the sidewalk for about a block - get clicked in, and then get back on the road. Good plan - we just hadn't planned on having a family take a stroll down the sidewalk at the same time. As we looked up after getting clicked in, ahead of us were three adults with the mother pushing a stroller with a baby in it. I yelled to Mary Kay, "You better click out in case we have to stop." Well she did - and stopped! I wasn't ready to stop, but I did - after running into the back of her bike and almost falling on the stroller, because I was still clicked in. Fortunately, no one was hurt, no blood and I didn't force the baby stroller into the busy street. Mary Kay told the people that we had new pedals that we were trying to get used to and that we were clicked into them. I am sure they thought - why in the world are those old people using those kind of pedals?
We made it home without any more problems and even practiced clicking in an out a few times.

Looks like we are going to need all the remaining 42 days before the big ride to make sure we aren't a hazard to others!