Readytoride
Well-Known Member
- Region
- USA
- City
- Virginia
30 miles yesterday in the afternoon, one of the last nice days before the rest of the week gets mired in cold and frigid weather that is moving down into Virginia like an express train from Canada and across the Great Lakes of the upper Midwest (US) . My route was half gravel roads (which necessitated slow travel) and half paved (which encouraged some ripping 20mph fun), so my 2 hour ride averaged a rather decent 15mph. Which was good because I had an engagement later, so could not devote a lot of time to tarry with stopping and smelling the roses, but had by necessity to keep those pedals cranking. Lots of endless rolling hills and terrain as my battery would testify. Certainly not a cakewalk.
However, there is a whimsical little sign enroute that I never pass, no matter how much of a hurry I may be in, without stopping, looking, and hoping it would come true. My apologies to Ogden Nash for his humorous inspiration to the following poem (which, by the way, was rather fun to write):
I think that I shall never see
A sign of such deceit as thee
Although you tell me to beware
I've looked and looked yet see no bear
Each time I pass I'm quick to slow
And park my bike to search high and low
For any sight of fur or paw
Yet all I see is ... nothing at all
Only woods and trees which refuse to show
What lies beyond and thus convince me so
That unless these trees decide to fall
I'll never see a bear at all.
However, there is a whimsical little sign enroute that I never pass, no matter how much of a hurry I may be in, without stopping, looking, and hoping it would come true. My apologies to Ogden Nash for his humorous inspiration to the following poem (which, by the way, was rather fun to write):
I think that I shall never see
A sign of such deceit as thee
Although you tell me to beware
I've looked and looked yet see no bear
Each time I pass I'm quick to slow
And park my bike to search high and low
For any sight of fur or paw
Yet all I see is ... nothing at all
Only woods and trees which refuse to show
What lies beyond and thus convince me so
That unless these trees decide to fall
I'll never see a bear at all.
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