Yesterday, Connecticut. Today, Point Lookout. Sensing a pattern?
I'll bet they did
though it's not the same as mine. How else could they time their feeding to the receding tide?
These folks, on the other hand, know only that it's a summer day:
In response to yesterday's "postcard" from Helene, "MT Cyclist" asked whether I've told my other bikes that Helene is now on a farm.
Actually, I've told all of my bikes except Vera, who has been in transit and arrived at the Mercian workshop today. I sense she might be a bit stressed from the trip. In addition, she's going to undergo a bit of surgery in addition to her facelift, so I don't want to burden her any further.
Of my other bikes, Tosca, my Mercian fixed-gear, seems rather nonplussed. But I sense Arielle, my Mercian Audax, and the Trek I've been working on for the past few months (and have yet to name) are a bit more envious. After all, they're made for longer rides and like the outdoors. Moreover, I am trying to reassure Arielle that I will continue to ride her once I receieve the Vincitore Special I've ordered.
Today was the perfect opportunity for the latter. It was warm, but not unusually so for this time of year. And the humidity nothing like what I sweltered in as I rode the other day. Plus, the clouds that muted this morning's sunshine broke up as I rode north and east from my apartment to...you guessed it...Connecticut.
Although I had the wind at my back most of the way up, pedaling against it on my way back wasn't noticeably more difficult, at least until I reached East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, about ten kilometers from my apartment. I found that odd because the Bronx becomes more densely built, more like Manhattan, from that point southward.
Still, I wasn't feeling tired, even though I pedaled the entire ride on my larger chainring and shifted into lower gears than the ones in the middle of my cassette only when I pedaled up the ridge into Connecticut from New York State.
After a ride like the one I took today, there will certainly be more for Arielle--and the other bikes I have and the ones that I will have. And, I'm sure there will be some great rides for Helene--yes, from the farm.
