Rainy Days

Not much riding this week.  It has rained and rained.  On Tuesday evening, in between thunder storms, I did start out on 9 mile to the Rail Trail.  I was going to ride around the block.  But when I got almost to 8 mile, I heard thunder and thought I should turn around and go back the way I came.  The sky was looking pretty black again.   I figured if I did get caught in a rain storm, I could stop at Curt and Sarah's and at least have shelter while I waited for the rain to stop.  But all I got was a few sprinkles, so I made it home ok.  That was a total of 5 miles for that day.

     After work today, I rode to Sanford and back and as I pulled in the driveway, I looked at my mileage and realized that I wanted to go for another ride later on.  I needed 20 more miles.   So after eating and relaxing a little bit, I took off and rode for 10 miles.  That put me 1 mile past the duck memorial toward Midland.  I saw water, and more water, and more water.  I also saw my first flower along the trail.  And, oh, yeah, did I mention I saw lots of water.  For those of you who don't know the area, theTittabawassee River that runs through Sanford overflowed its banks and the ball park is flooded and in some areas along the trail, there is tons of water.  I also saw 3 deer.  I stopped to grab my camera and the one deer stood there watching me for a minute but by the time I had my camera out, he (or she) had gone back into the brush.  But it was still neat seeing them stand there watching me.
    The bugs are starting to come out now and I don't like them hitting my face as I'm riding.

    On the way back home, I met our good friends and neighbors, Randy & Edwina Novak.  They were on their way home so I rode with them to 8 mile.  They turned and I went straight on the Railtrail to 9 Mile.  It was nice having them to ride with for a while.

    So another day has ended in my quest for 2011 miles.  I did make 301 miles so now all I have left to do is 1710.  At least I made 300 before May 1st.  I'm happy with that.

     In the meantime, I will keep on peddling and I will see you next time, "when tread meets the pavement."