Bicycling

Posted: September 3, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Bicycle Adventures, Earth, exercise, Fire, friends, goals, health, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, Summer, weather | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Waiting to ride

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.   Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.

~ Ernest Hemingway

I went for a bike ride today.  M and I met up with a friend and we rode a part of the Towpath Trail that we haven’t ridden yet.  It was a fun ride, especially since we had the added company of our friend (who probably has ridden that section of the trail because she is a cycling machine, putting in an incredible amount of mileage on her bike).  The day was hot and humid, but Isaac’s rain held off.  We rode 8.7 miles, and had a picnic lunch afterwards.

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