Surprising sights....

What a great ride! Yesterday may prove to be the best cycling weather of the year - 60 degrees and no wind - and I was able to get out and put some good miles on my new frame and fork. For the most part I am very pleased with my new ride and probably the only way to do better is to spend money that I don't have on a custom build. It seems that everything is dialed in quite well for what I am wanting to accomplish and now it is time to let the miles really start to add up.

I think my real goal is to keep fit, see something new every time that I ride, and ride to places that I have never been.  So as far as fitness goes, I can really feel how little I rode this last winter. I don't feel like my legs had recovered from my ride that was three days previous, so there is certainly some work to do there.

As far as seeing new things goes... I did spy out some great places for future picture stops, plus I rode slow enough to take notice of a young ring-neck snake warming himself on the gravel. I was also able to see the very reliable deer grazing from the same fields they are always in about the same time of day. A new sight was a small herd of around 7 or 8 Angus calves isolated in a field and jostling around to determine who would be king for the day.

One thing peculiar was seeing rural life take long pauses to watch and wave at the preacher guy on the bike. There seems to be a bit of a lull right now in the schedules of those that work the land - the equipment is ready, but the weather and land is not, so they have time to enjoy the great day that the Lord has provided.

No new places to see on this ride, but many planned in the future....