I've been slacking for about two weeks on the velo training so I decided to punish myself today with a 11.5 miles of hills back on Kelley Rd. I saw some neat stuff on that road while on my bike that I never saw before when running up and down that road on the ambulance.
A bicycle moves you along at around 10-15 miles per hour. You can cover more ground by bike than you would walking or running, but you're moving just fast enough to still be able to take in your surroundings. Fortunately I had my camera with me.
I felt like Kevin Costner when I spotted these. Remember that scene in Dances With Wolves? They were grazing out in this field with some horses. Who would have know their were buffalo within a few miles of my home?
I'll bet they're tasty.
I reckon this little pooch must have known what I was thinking becausehe came tearing out of the herd out of nowhere. Dogs really hate
bicyclists and accost them at every opportunity. This little mongrel
hurried me along.
A little further down the road I came across an old abandoned house. I love these places. They almost seem like they were always there, as if they grew out of the ground along with the forest around them. I managed to get a couple of pictures right before another couple of pooches decided to come running to greet me. Or rush me out of their pee grounds.
Anyways, I kicked my butt on those hills today. I can't be slacking off if I'm going to make the 100k in Orange Beach in October. SCUBA class is in less than a week. I'll keep you updated on how it goes!
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