This morning was gorgeous outside with sunshine and 50 degree temps. Since I worked late tonight, I had a chance to get a bike ride in before going to work. I choose to ride the south lake loop.Here's a picture of Tainter Lake on the south side....we live on the north end where the Hay River enters Tainter. I really like riding the south route because the road surface is smoother, plus nice gentle hills. I also see more pedestrians (other bikers, walkers, runners & Rollerblades)on this route verses the northern routes. I ended up doing the out and back ride, which meant I could get in 24 miles....I averaged 14 mph today. Thank you Ruby!
I have to show you this picture because this is my weather "check-point" on my bike route. I love that fact that this farmer put up American flag and I use it to gauge which direction the wind is coming from and the wind speed. I figure the flag wasn't totally straight out, so it meant about a 8-10 mph wind speed this morning. This is a nice clean farm, no stinky smells here.
We had a very busy day today and ended the night with a program on how to build a rain garden. It makes so much sense to redirect rain run-off into a garden area. I never realized how much rain just runs off into highways, streets, yards and is totally wasted. I really liked this subject of preserving water to slowly soak back into the environment. It was an interesting subject for both urban and rural dwellers.
Hurray for you! It looks like a beautiful bike ride. Having a gorgeous lake to look at as you ride must be wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking like 'jungle rain garden' oops, I had the idea wrong. Hope the program went well.
ReplyDeleteWe took our computer with to help process pictures. So I hooked up to the internet and am plugging away till I have to get in the shower and get ready for the wedding. I'm a little nervous their sound system was having problems last night. I sure hope they fixed it.