RIDE PHOTO #76 & 77 WHILE AT GRANDY CREEK + A RAINBOW RIDE

#76 April 24, 2021

Rain this morning, and for the entire day, changed our plans. We did not ride to Concrete and I did a solo morning ride in some drippyness to ensure I would not miss a day of 30 Days of Riding in April ;’-). 

I got several nice views of country living as well. It was a little difficult to decide on my photo of the day, but this one is it. It kind of looks like an old school building. There is no historical marker posted so I guess it is anyone’s guess.

I did see what seems to be a true homestead...

...and a typical farm building in a picturesque setting.

I rode around a bit and took a turn or two that we did not do yesterday. The wall with birdhouses intrigued me.

As I was taking the birdhouse photo the horse across the road noticed me and came trotting toward me. Such a sweet horse. I include the photo he wanted me to take even though it is a bit out of focus.

Near the end of my short ramble I saw the somewhat dead tree that shows just how damp, rainy, wet it gets around here.

I was only slightly damp and a little chilled when I returned to camp, but warmed up nicely and quickly once in our heated RV home 😊. I got a second, shorter ride later as Susan had an itch to bike to the nearby pub to pick up lunch ;’-). Birdsview Brewery and Pub (in Birdsview 😉) is directly off the trail and all of about 2 miles from camp. How could I say no.

#77 April 25, 2021

Again I direct you to another page of the blog — to September 21, 2019. I posted about the tea and bike tour we did that took us through Northern State Hospital. Our group of nine Rainbow Riders did a version of that ride but did not go onto and around the hospital grounds that are pictured in the September post. I won’t repeat the photos here, but just a few things seen along the way to and from.

These cows were curious of us riding by...

...and Susan had to try her hand at the fishing rod...

...and she caught one ;’-).

We entered the hospital grounds and found a covered picnic spot for lunch and snacks before returning to our vehicles. I did take a couple of photos of the farm buildings.

Kristi (imagine, our in-house mechanic) had two — count them — two flats on the same tire. Here a few of us oversee the changing procedure. Our way of helping.

I LOVE our Rainbows. There is no other group that when I shouted “stopping” would stop, take feet off their pedals and turn around and wait for me to take a photo or three ;’-). They all did that for my photos of Susan “fishing”. This is indeed the only group that I have ever biked with that would do that. I didn’t really expect them all to stop, was just letting them know I was stopping. But they know me and photos ;’-).