Quarry Lake in Pikesville, MD

I decided writing a food blog wasn't enough. I decided I should have a blog about unicycling as well. The blog isn't about any unicycling either, it is specifically about unicycling in places that I deem interesting. Thus the result is a blog titled Unicycling in Interesting Places.

The first interesting place that is worthy of this blog is Quarry Lake in Pikesville, MD. One of the best things about unicycles versus bicycles is the ability to fit in the trunk of my car. That means when I go on a road trip up to Maryland and find that one of the deepest lakes in the state has a trail surrounding it, I can easily hop on my unicycle and ride around.

As the name implies, Quarry Lake is an old quarry that was filled with water. Apparently the lake is approximately 500 feet deep and the surrounding land was sold to build a strip mall and condos. It would have been way cooler if they just turned the area into a park instead of ruining it with $600,000 condos, but at least they put a nice trail around the lake. The development hasn't scared away the wildlife either. This deer seemed totally undeterred that I was taking its photo.

There were lots of geese in the lake too. We don't get these down in peninsular Florida.

As I was riding around, the weather began to change pretty quickly and a nasty storm started to roll in. Soon it was drizzling and I was only about halfway around the lake. When I started hearing thunder, I decided to stop in one of the stores before it started pouring really hard.

Just as I stopped into a restaurant called Pizza Blitz, the rain started pouring down really hard. The people working in the restaurant were completely oblivious that I walked in carrying a unicycle...

After pizza, the storm was letting up so I continued my ride back to the car. The rest of the ride was uneventful, besides getting yelled at by an old Russian man that unicycles are dangerous. I didn't get very good GPS signal on my phone, but this ride around Quarry Lake tracked about two miles and was the first unicycle ride worthy of being on this blog...