Thanks folks for the kind remarks. Bill, I'm with you...many of my "short jaunts" are of the 20 minute variety. Enjoy 'em.
On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 2:54:06 PM UTC-4, mlpessar wrote: > > This day in Tidewater, VA is one of those iffy Spring rain?-when?-better - > stick - a- jacket -in-the-basket days. With weather threatening to close in > and a chance of thunder storms I decided to take the new Appaloosa out for > a cruise. The neighborhood is especially lovely this time of year, azaleas > hanging on to last blooms, dogwood fixing to burst forth and a rare stand > of mountain laurel on this coastal plain ready to explode in glory. Took my > sweet time...not yet smelling the roses but that will come soon. The Joe > just rolls on, content to follow my easy lead. It occurs to me that the > bike is aptly named. The Appaloosa is a versatile horse. It competes in > Western events (roping, cutting and barrel racing) and English events > (eventing and show jumping). It is also used in endurance events and is > raced. So there you have it: nimble, tough with a turn of speed. > > All in all it came to an easy ride of an hour or so. Break any records? > Not a chance. Count cadence? Nope. Have a good time? You betcha bygolly > wow. So there you have it. Lots of good things happen when you're content > to just hop on a bike and ride. Takes me back to the feeling of freedom I > enjoyed as a kid when returning from school I threw my books down on the > kitchen table, headed out the door and hopped on my bike (Schwinn Corvette, > Rudge, depending on the time). It's a simple pleasure but a very real, sane > one. > > Nothing like preaching to the choir, > Marc > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
