Morning is my favorite time of the day. It always seems like there is a promise of something new and exciting as the sun rises and most of the world is still asleep. Watching the dancing mist on the river is a special treat that most don’t see.
Spring is my favorite time of the year. You come out of the long (in California, metaphorically) winter and the world is starting to warm up and new life is starting to show. The trees are putting on their electric green new foliage, the grass is green and tall, and anything seems possible just around the next corner.
I rode to work again yesterday and today, and it feels great. I haven’t been riding for at least 2 months because of rain, vacation and then getting sick, so I have porked back up and need to get some of the weight back off. Riding also helps my energy level and my sense of well being. Lord knows these days we all need as much sense of well-being as we can get.
I’ve pioneered a new route. Well, not a new route so much as a long alternate return route. I still come in to the office the same way, through the Parkway to Rancho, cross Folsom and Light Rail at Coloma and over the freeway at White Rock Park pedestrian bridge. On the way home though, I go out of the office park to Kilgore Road where I cross Folsom and go under the freeway and turn toward the parkway. Rancho is still the least friendly bike riding spot around, but at least the streets in this part are wider.
I enter the parkway at El Manto where the American River breaks into the San Juan Rapids. Now I get to enjoy the bike path and the natural surroundings. Yesterday I saw a herd of deer taking their ease in the afternoon shade, watching the human parade, knowing that they are in a protected environment, having no reason for fear. I also saw a couple of turkeys, numerous ground squirrels and the ubiquitous Canada geese that no longer migrate. I mean, why leave when you can have such a nice deal here. I think they are probably considering changing their citizenship.
So what could be better than an energizing bike ride on a fresh spring morning?
Spring is my favorite time of the year. You come out of the long (in California, metaphorically) winter and the world is starting to warm up and new life is starting to show. The trees are putting on their electric green new foliage, the grass is green and tall, and anything seems possible just around the next corner.
I rode to work again yesterday and today, and it feels great. I haven’t been riding for at least 2 months because of rain, vacation and then getting sick, so I have porked back up and need to get some of the weight back off. Riding also helps my energy level and my sense of well being. Lord knows these days we all need as much sense of well-being as we can get.
I’ve pioneered a new route. Well, not a new route so much as a long alternate return route. I still come in to the office the same way, through the Parkway to Rancho, cross Folsom and Light Rail at Coloma and over the freeway at White Rock Park pedestrian bridge. On the way home though, I go out of the office park to Kilgore Road where I cross Folsom and go under the freeway and turn toward the parkway. Rancho is still the least friendly bike riding spot around, but at least the streets in this part are wider.
I enter the parkway at El Manto where the American River breaks into the San Juan Rapids. Now I get to enjoy the bike path and the natural surroundings. Yesterday I saw a herd of deer taking their ease in the afternoon shade, watching the human parade, knowing that they are in a protected environment, having no reason for fear. I also saw a couple of turkeys, numerous ground squirrels and the ubiquitous Canada geese that no longer migrate. I mean, why leave when you can have such a nice deal here. I think they are probably considering changing their citizenship.
So what could be better than an energizing bike ride on a fresh spring morning?
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