A Bike Ride After Thanksgiving

The morning was calm and sunny after a few days of storms. It was beautiful out, but cold. I layered up with four layers on top, my wonderful cold-weather bicycle tights, and a merino wool cap to ride a loop from our house that usually takes an hour. Today I stopped to look at so many things-- driftwood and rocks tossed into a parking lot by big waves, ripe rose hips, a Bald Eagle-- that it took me three hours!