Bicycling
Posted: September 3, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Bicycle Adventures, Earth, exercise, Fire, friends, goals, health, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, Summer, weather | Tags: Bicycle, cycling, Ernest Hemingway, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Ohio & Erie Canal, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, Summer, Towpath Trail, weather 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.
On the Towpath Trail
I am exhausted.
The end.
Life in the Bogs 
¡Que buenos los colores de la primera, me encantan!
¡Gracias, Manoli! 🙂
I admire you for biking. The end. 🙂
lol! Thank you, Kathy. 😀
Ernest was right! Love a good bike ride. With good people. 🙂
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It was a lovely morning for a ride. That bridge over the canal makes me think it was down by Clinton. Which is a nice area. I also went for a ride. I started in Peninsula and headed northward to mile marker 12. Don’t know what I was thinking. The softest cushion in the world isn’t helping with the pain in the posterior. 🙂 The ride felt good at the time. Oh well, wonder if it’s true what they say – “no pain, no gain” ?
Terry: Yep. We started at the trail head in Clinton. It’s a beautiful area. I’m almost convinced that there is no way to truly cushion a bike ride so maybe there is truth to that saying “no pain, no gain.” lol!
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Thank you for sharing a couple of photos with us here Robin, when you were so exhausted!! 🙂
You’re welcome, Joanne. 🙂
Hahaha.. you leave us hanging by our handlebars.. Maybe you can share your picnic menu when you wake up tomorrow.. if you’re not too sore to get out of bed:D
lol, Smidge! It didn’t take me three days to recover. Just three days to answer. We had a variation on the Caprese salad. The variation being we put the salad on bread and called them sandwiches. I used tomatoes and basil from the garden, and my friend brought some fresh mozzarella. Dessert consisted of watermelon, some super crisp and delicious honey crisp apples from a local orchard, and Gouda cheese. There was lemonade too. It was a great picnic. 🙂
Thanks! ‘Nuf said.
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Thank you, too. It was fun! 😀
Nice bike trail, Robin. Glad you had a good Labor Day.
Thank you, Susan. 🙂
Short and sweet!
Hope you slept well 🙂
I did, Marie. Thanks. 🙂
Wonderful photos, Robin!
Thank you, Gracie. 🙂
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