Chuck's Adventures: Biking in the rain...

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Biking in the rain...

We did the laundry and then read in the motel room as the rain continued, but later in the afternoon cabin fever struck, and since the rain turned to a fine mist, we drove to the trailhead, took a chance and began biking, and got a one hour 12 mile ride in on the wet Gainesville-Hawthorne trail...

Our clothing also got wet but it felt good to get out and get moving again. We even saw 4 deer, a bunch of squirrels, some birds, and this guy crossing the trail...

(What kind of snake is it, Greg?) Tomorrow it's off to Ocala and our favorite mountain biking venue -- the Santos Trails through the Ocala National Forest.

1 comment:

GREG PFLUG said...: Its a beautiful yellow rat snake. They are awesome creatures. When I was a kid we would find them climbing pine trees to eat birds eggs. They would expand so tight in the pine bark that no matter how hard you pulled they would not release.; January 31, 2009 at 9:00 AM

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