I will regale you with great photos of my latest journeys.
First some interesting roadside finds.
I stumbled on this wonderful collection of Portage Michigan’s roadside bounty a couple weeks ago.
If you look closely you’ll see this can covered with ants. Many of them were scurrying trying to save the eggs I disturbed inadvertently when moving the can. I didn’t notice them until they were all over my arm.
You’ll be pleased to know I cleaned up the trash.
Unfortunately while goofing taking these pictures I failed to notice the deer standing in the woods about eight feet away until it was too late.
Here is the road where the above were shot. It’s newly surfaced, about 1/2 mile long, straight, flat and little traffic. A great place to sprint on the bike.
The following were taken on the Kalhaven trail. Kalhaven is a converted road bed running between Kalamazoo and South Haven MI. Always a good time.
Last weeks trip:
Here’s my next door neighbor on the trail.
The Red Mantis leaning against a post.
Here’s the trail looking west. Most of the trail is well shaded.
This is where we had breakfast. They have great food and they’re cheap. All you can eat sausage gravy and biscuits! It’s a well known stop on the trail about 13 miles from the trail head in Kalamazoo.
On the return trip my bike seat (saddle for you diehards) was causing me great pain so we stopped along side this old trestle.
I kind of liked these. Anyone know what they are?
Someone else decided to take a break on my chain guard.
This is from yesterday’s trip. The air was so humid it was like swimming. It was already hot by 10 AM.
On the return from Jan’s Cafe we stopped to drink copious amounts of water. Here’s the newly designed Red Mantis. Note the new seat, pedal straps and decorative reflecting devices.
The supposed “trash” can where I leaned my bike had this sticker.
Apple Juice? I noticed the convenient proximity to the outhouse. Coincidence?
The highlight of the trip occured when we spotted this little critter.
Here’s a close-up.
Having decided we were harmless the fawn sauntered across the trail
Meow!
Wow - its a while since I’ve been called arrogant. In fact, that may be a first. Around here, a Trestle is any “Strutted Structure” used to support anything else. Most often, a trestle is used to support a long table for pasting wallpaper. Otherwise, it’s used to support a walkway so that painters can reach higher than average height. “The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists” is a novel about early Trades Union Work and Social Awakening among a group of men who work as jobbing Painters. The author is one “Robert Tressel”. It’s his joke, not mine. It’s a good book. I recommend it.
But until Flying cursor enlightened me, I remained ignorant of its meaning in the context of a railroad. Gee. I’m that arrogant I could slap myself.
IB, I got your joke about trestle/tressell. Someone else suggesting that few of us on the board were even capable of getting your joke struck me as rather stuffed.
