Thus, we start at the beginning, specifically, the 1st bike outing of the season, which took place on 5/14:
Actually, this pic wasn't part of the bike ride. I was out running some errands in my car and I thought it would be a good idea to take the camera along. Sadly, this was the only pic I during the drive.
Mill Pond Park: The Canadian Geese Armada was out in full force that Saturday, styling and profiling for the masses, as well as dropping some serious fertilizer for the masses as well. Oh, the human masses were out in full force that day, mostly doing the fishing thing. So we actually dismounted a couple of times to walk our bike past the peoples.
The geese pics are pretty much self explanatory. I played around with the zoom lens feature and considering I was anywhere from fifty to three hundred feet away from them, I think they came out purty good.
For those of you who may have been following me for a short time, it's an annual tradition of mine to have at least one (sometimes two) bike accidents every year, and 2016 was no exception. Roughly a half hour prior to taking this pics, I was on my way to the post office, when I came to a premature stop at the crossing light. Seems that my left shoelace, which I forgot to quadruple knot for bike riding, wrapped itself around my bike pedal.
Skipping to the end, we scrapped our knee and had a strange encounter with a high skool student. Our local high skool tennis team was doing a carwash fundraiser that day, and as this student was walking from one end of the block to the other, he passed by the wreckage of me and the bike and asked quite sincerely, "Hey mister! Wanna get your bike washed?"
Nice to know that chutzpah exists with the younger generation.
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Ouch, damn shoe laces can cause some nasty accidents.
ReplyDeleteNice shots of the Canadian Geese. We get a great many of them on the lake by our house in AZ, in fact they drive me insane, because they lay their eggs in our yard and get all territorial about it. I have been known to attack them with a stick. :D
I usually have one of these kind of accidents every year, but normally, never one this bad.
DeleteMost of the Canadian geese we get turn our park into their own personal sandbox. The town has given serious thought about using a b.b. gun to get rid of them, but now I think they use sound.
How sweet of that kid to be concerned about the cleanliness of your blood-smeared bike! I like the new name for this blog too.
ReplyDeleteI thought the kid had a lot of chutzpah in asking my about my bike because I'm pretty sure he saw me crash. And thanks, I thought the name was pretty cool.
DeleteWe've got a couple of ducks visiting our back yard regularly. Wondering if they are soon gonna bring babies around.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have Mr. & Mrs. Duck visit every summer to our backyard & pond. Sadly, the dogs drove them away.
DeleteDid he really ask you that? These kids today...
ReplyDeleteScout's honor, he did ask me that. When you think about, it's very funny, almost like one of those YouTube videos.
DeleteDid you want to smack that kid? Love that pic of the lone geese sailing through the water.
ReplyDeleteTo be perfectly honest, at that point I was on autopilot. I was more concerned about making sure that I wasn't too badly hurt nor my bike too badly damaged to fire off a snappy remark to a stupid question. At least his question wasn't as offensive as the one I got a few weeks ago about my hands.
DeleteI recommend clicking to enlarge each photo to truly see the beauty of the pictures. (Well except for the knee one.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment, and no I wouldn't blow up the shot of my knee either.
DeleteThe kid should have offered to wash your knee for you! I guess he's not going to be a doctor when he grows up.
ReplyDeleteSilly old geese. The fuzzy babies are so cute!
Yes they are. Although I am curious on how they would get transported from point A to point B if need be.
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