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Congratulations on not being too proud or purist to force yourself to ride. Given what you knew at the time it sounds like a wise choice.
2 years agoThanks, haha. It's not a weird place, though - it's a nice little farm on a river. The fog the next morning, and especially my inability to sleep, though, did put me into a somewhat altered mindset.
2 years agoMaybe they changed their name to Trump as an homage to the "great man."
2 years agoCrayfish (crawfish/crawdad) traps.
https://netsandmore.com/27-products/fishing-nets-supplies/crawfish/nets-traps-wire/59-pyramid-type-crawfish-traps
I'm not so great on mollusk IDs, but this one seems to be one of the good guys! Rosy wolf snail.
https://lucec.loyno.edu/natural-history-writings/rosy-wolfsnail-euglandina-rosea
Glad you had a better day! Hadn't thought about the Cursillo movement in a while, really interesting stuff, especially the teen program. Wonderful pics!
2 years agoJeff,
One of my favorite wasting time activities is to look at bicycle companies' routes, gleaning good roads. I also note with a combination of glee and horror, the price people pay for the convenience of not doing the planning and packing.
For me, planning is a major piece of the fun of touring. I know not everyone has the time or inclination, they just want to get to the good part!
I'm taking a friend on a four day tour in southern Arizona. She is of the bicycle tour company persuasion and is quite concerned about going on our own. I hope she enjoys the trip.
True story - the last cyclist I tried to turn into a touring cyclist was Xavier. We did a four day tour, one of my favorites, the Slumgullion. When he got home, his wife asked for a divorce! I told Xavier I don't think being gone for four days was the problem, that issues had to go deeper than that. It is now years later. Xavier relates the divorce to cycling and no longer rides at all. Sad story all around.
Hopefully my trip with Jan goes better!
This whole scenario creeped me out just reading about it; the weird place to stay, the rat, the fog... Glad you survived to ride another day!
2 years agoNo picture of the rat??
2 years agoMaybe their name is actually Trump??
2 years agoObviously you survived to tell the tale!
2 years agoCan’t wait!
2 years agoDoes sound like a terrible idea alright, but it’s an interesting list of selections.
2 years agoSugar cane is correct. My brother lives on the big island of Hawaii in a house on a former sugar cane plantation, and he is constantly battling it taking over his back yard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarcane
Green anole, often called chameleon because they can change quickly from green to brown or reverse. They can be interesting characters!
2 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis_carolinensis