RR just playing, solo

"Penny S." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Seems like job title these days is Schlep Mom... I did have a nice chunk of time today in-between
soccer games andtow runs to the Scout spaghetti feed ( elder son is head cook) so out to the
state park I went. Solo today, so I got to play with the new camera a bit. The cloud cover was a
bit ominous, but also spotty... what the heck, I have a shell and I already loaded up the bike
and stuff.

Nice to get out and play...

penny

Even busy moms need to get out play now and then...

Paladin

Penny S. said:

Seems like job title these days is Schlep Mom... I did have a nice chunk of time today in-between
soccer games andtow runs to the Scout spaghetti feed ( elder son is head cook) so out to the
state park I went. Solo today, so I got to play with the new camera a bit. The cloud cover was a
bit ominous, but also spotty... what the heck, I have a shell and I already loaded up the bike
and stuff.

www.specialtyoutdoors.com/images/rs/IMG_0111.jpg the balsam root is in full bloom everywhere you
go. The rain really makes it seem green. I literally almost ran into a friend of mines hubby and a
loose rat dog... why do people insist on riding the river trail in the wrong direction?

www.specialtyoutdoors.com/images/rs/IMG_0112.jpg found a new piece of singletrack recently and rode
it the other direction today. Last week when Gab and I came through here, all the Grass Widows
(little purple flowers) were blooming but they are already done. The slash pile is natural debris
from two factors: these forest has been fire suppressed for about 75 years should be more open but
there are a lot of the "toothpick tree" groves... that were then damaged by the ice storm in '93.
Gab, it's more fun the direction we went.

www.specialtyoutdoors.com/images/rs/IMG_0113.jpg I can't seem to do the meadows of balsamroot
justice. Oh well... the forest is beautiful this time of year.

www.specialtyoutdoors.com/images/rs/IMG_0116.jpg Hmm... what's up here? A whole 'nother piece of
trail, where does it go? I can tell it goes to the too of Boat Hill... so I go up, and back down
again.. nice to know there's a singletrack option there now.

www.specialtyoutdoors.com/images/rs/IMG_0117.jpg nasty climb up one terrace to another. There are
lots of these at Riverside... loose nasty unconsolidated. They really suck, but they really suck if
your climbing technique is lousy. I could never ride these on my old bike, I can on the new one. I
hit this little section at 11 miles, I took the pic where I decided that I really didn't need to
ride up the rest of it today. this was
3/4 of the way up. For reference, I'm kneeling looking up.

Nice to get out and play...

penny

Nice Pics. What, are you trying to compete with JD and P e t e (Water Sports) F a g e r l i n for
best pics?

Hey Marty if you're reading this we ought to get some pics of Avalon and really show them
some scenery.

Peace, Bill(Not bringing my Canon on those trails)Wheeler The mind serves properly as a window glass
rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give an immediate view instead of an
interpretation of the world.
:-]

Bill Wheeler said:

On Sat, 3 May 2003 15:47:35 -0700, "Penny S."

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Quoted message said:

Nice Pics. What, are you trying to compete with JD and P e t e (Water Sports) F a g e r l i n for
best pics?

Hey Marty if you're reading this we ought to get some pics of Avalon and really show them some
scenery.

Gee thanks BIll.. but I just do snapshots, not photography. They are out of my league!! I just like
to get shots of where I ride, for the flavor. Someday I'll figure out how to get riders in them

Penny