Ahhhhhhh, a bike ride!

“Hopped on the mountain bike and hit the bike trail after work. Kinda coolish, but a very nice day! It was funny... under every place where a road goes over the trail, the trail dipped... and there would be a ton of mud on the trail. The bike has a lot of mud on it now, an amazing amount for a hard surfaced trail! lol

Saw hawks, scared eight young jakes off the trail, flying toward the river... Oh yeah, and saw two bunnies. The bunnies are back, propogating I would imagine. hehehee

Went 8 miles. No biggie, but so great to have the light to do it after work.”

“I'm still waiting for my first good bike ride outside. I thought it would be this week, but we just got 5 inches of snow yesterday, so it will have to wait.”

“The ONLY reason I am still sane (and some would argue that!) is that I often jump on my bike at lunchtime (my office is at home) and RIDE RIDE RIDE to de-stress. I go up & down the American River Bike trail, on a typical day I see egrets, herons, wild turkeys, mallards, geese, today a HUGE garter snake, more #$%@# squirrels than you can count, and, when they're spawning, salmon by the hundreds.

Bike riding is fun, and I like to thik helps keep me "somewhat" fit for BP'ing!”

“I look forward to getting back on the bike.

Lizs, glad you were able to get out!”

“oh, stop it!!!”

“Oh, another thing. I like to get multiple use out of the backpacking gear, ya know. Since I knew I'd be getting water and mud splashed up on me, I wore my gaiters, which come to just below my knee. They worked well for the purpose.

(And you can bet I wear the bike helmet when backpacking!!!! moooooooohahahaa)”