Eyovah's bicycle
Apr. 5th, 2004 02:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helen99The bicycle had been dormant for a couple of years or so, and this seemed like good time to start using it. We stopped to pick up bike supplies and then continued on to the park. This particular park has a path circling a rather large lake - so it was a good place to take the bike out.
When we got there, the first thing I noticed was that the wind had knocked over a large tree. Then we realized it was freezing cold and snowing. Although this wasn't what we expected, we weren't too disturbed, because it meant that there would be no people! We had the whole place to ourselves, except for one park ranger, and we only saw him in passing once. Of course, now that we're no longer looking for alder trees we immediately found several along the lake as soon as we began our trek. It was nice to find some alders that weren't in captivity.
A stiff wind caused sharp little ripples along the lake. Along the upper ridge is a break in the trees, and it felt like the wind might blow us off of the ridge! The light of the setting sun behind a cloudcover combined with the uneven gusts of icy wind created a unique shimmering effect on the water...![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rialian rode the bike and I went jogging (kept up quite well, I might add - workouts have paid off)!
I found a plastic bag and began filling it with random paper litter along the way. The park was pretty clean (only filled part of the bag with trash) except for one area where I found, of all things, a pile of old refrigerators. Couldn't exactly fit that in the bag, so I'll have to look into that further - can't have the junk-creatures invading the park...
When we got there, the first thing I noticed was that the wind had knocked over a large tree. Then we realized it was freezing cold and snowing. Although this wasn't what we expected, we weren't too disturbed, because it meant that there would be no people! We had the whole place to ourselves, except for one park ranger, and we only saw him in passing once. Of course, now that we're no longer looking for alder trees we immediately found several along the lake as soon as we began our trek. It was nice to find some alders that weren't in captivity.
A stiff wind caused sharp little ripples along the lake. Along the upper ridge is a break in the trees, and it felt like the wind might blow us off of the ridge! The light of the setting sun behind a cloudcover combined with the uneven gusts of icy wind created a unique shimmering effect on the water...
rialian rode the bike and I went jogging (kept up quite well, I might add - workouts have paid off)! I found a plastic bag and began filling it with random paper litter along the way. The park was pretty clean (only filled part of the bag with trash) except for one area where I found, of all things, a pile of old refrigerators. Couldn't exactly fit that in the bag, so I'll have to look into that further - can't have the junk-creatures invading the park...