It's been a good week for riding my bike. Except it has been cold and today it was windy. Yesterday on my journey, I heard the frogs croaking. It was sunny even though the air was chilly. So I knew that spring is in the air. I saw a squirrel stand on his hind feet and look at me but I knew that if I stopped to get my camera out of my backpack, it would be gone. So I kept on riding. I rode the furthest that I have ridden yet. I rode toward Midland, past the bowling alley. The Rail Trail was pretty good except for a couple of spots. The one spot had a narrow path through it and on either side was snow, ice and slush. So I had to make sure that I stayed on the narrow section. It reminded me of our journey to Heaven and how we have to stay on the narrow path if we want to make it through. If we go to the "side" just a little bit, we will run into some very hard travel---slush, snow and ice that will drag us down and maybe even "tip us over".
The one thing that I have noticed so far on the Rail Trail that really frustrates me is people with dogs but the dogs aren't on leashes. I'm not scared of dogs but it's really hard to know what the dog will do as you go by them. Yesterday I thought I was past the dog and he came right up to my tire. I'm pretty sure there is a rule that dogs have to be on leashes, but guess these people can't read the sign.
Another thing that I don't like is 2 people walking on the trail together and they take up the whole trail. I guess they don't think that anyone else has a right to use it till they are done. I've seen this almost every day that I have rode. I need a louder horn that I can blow back a ways so they know I'm coming.
Anyway, my journey is going good. I now have 102 miles so all I need is 1909. I'm looking forward to when school is out so I can ride early morning and see the beautiful sun rising above the trees. Maybe I'll even see some deer like I did last year.
Thanks to all of you for your support and until next time, "When the Tread meets the Payment."
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