18 lovely miles yesterday, sneaking away from the farm for a bit over an hour, and setting on the back burner the list of projects needing my attention. The temps were perfect for a bike ride so I left hubby, who was busy painting Rustoleum on the metal farm gates, and took off down the road. I had intended to do at least 20 miles as quickly as possible, so headed straight up the paved road towards a lakeside development to see if they had finished the last stage.
3 years of residential development for the acreage around the lake has resulted in a tightly knit community that now sports a lovely walking and biking path that winds through the entire development, around the lake, connects through to the main road into town. It was a pleasant find, and one that im sure to utilize in the future.
The paved road in my area, once a very quiet and little used road, is now very busy at all times during the day. So much so that law enforcement has set up a large digital sign off the side of the road nwar the development entryway that flashes your speed at you in a massive, pulsing shade of digital yellow, even if you are going at the limit or below. The sign doesn't care. It just seems highly annoyed at every one of the cars, and clearly hates its job. It didn't like my bike either, judgmentally "yelling" at me for going 23mph in a 45mph zone.
I was having a lovely time otherwise. The traffic, while heavier than I expected, was polite, and the paved road was fast and smooth. No time for pictures as I was on a roll to be out and back within the hour timeframe, and before the temps warmed up. Overshot that hour by goofing off at times, as well as making a side trip to a friend's weekend farm to see if she was there (she wasn't, unfortunately) to ask her about her new horse. I learned a week ago from her hubby that she had suffered a broken arm and one or two nasty falls from her prior horse, so here's hoping she has better luck in the saddle with the new horse.
Then it was back home to move the newly painted gates onto their new posts which had been dug and planted the day prior. A few more posts needed to be lifted and reset, a project that took us through the rest of the afternoon.
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