Random Thoughts While Biking

Getting ready to go

I haven't ridden in 10 days. This feels great!  Blue skies, great temperature, Vermont!

Why does everyone hate Route 7?  Yes, there is a lot of traffic but the shoulder is super wide and vehicles are not near you at all.

What just brushed against my arm?

Roads go by this house on 3 sides and there

is no fourth side. It is a tiny tiny plot

of land.

That triangle used to be empty.  Why would anyone build a house there?  There is hardly any land and you are surrounded closely by the road on 3 sides.  Aside from the aesthetics it would be noisy.  You could become famous by virtue of an automobile crashing into your house.

I remember one time when I did this ride way back before I had children. I wasn't feeling well and I had a doctor's appointment.  I was afraid he would tell me not to ride.  So what did I do?  I rode 30 miles before the appointment.  What was wrong with me?  Pneumonia. 

Was that poisonous parsnip that brushed my arm?

Here's the lake. I love this lake with the mountain so close by.

I hope I don't get lost on the southeast corner.

Is that a rash on my arm?

That doesn't look  like my turn.  Hmm. I think I missed it but I love this downhill. I bet I can find an alternate way. (This was the southwest corner, not the one I was worried about.)

Yeah, that gorilla holding a small car is

pretty unmistakable. I knew exactly where I

was.

Why is there a car dealership in the middle of nowhere?

Oh, there isn't. I am back on Route 7.  Crap.  Back up that hill.

This road was easier to go down than it is to head up it.

The back side of the lake is quiet and pretty.

Okay, I turn here I think.  Now I turn again.  Is this another turn to head back up the east side?  That mailbox says, "Lake Dunmore Road."  I think I've got it.

There are a lot of strange road signs.  Triangle, square, circle.  What does it look like on that road?

If your child didn't want to go to camp and give you a little me time, this camp might convince them.

Is that a rash on my arm?

I like these back roads.  This river is quite picturesque even if it isn't my river.

I've stopped for one of my snacks.  What the heck, why not have two?

Is that a rash on my arm?

What a ride!  34 miles at an easy pace on a great day works for me!  And my arm looks just fine.