What Do You See When You Ride?

[Lakerider]

I love to ride by the lake. Here are some beautiful herons I saw while riding yesterday. I would love to see views from others riders.

[Mr. Bloom]

what area of the country are you in?

[Lakerider]

Kentucky

[Mr. Bloom]

That's a great shot!

[Reesha]

I see hills... they're everywhere





Actually I see a lot of roadkill in the suburban area.

Yesterday while riding on a bike path I saw at least five bunnies! I am always worried they'll run into my path... a few years back I ran over a chipmunk's tail as he made a B-line across the road... I was horrified!

Truthfully, I don't notice as much since I've moved to the city. I miss my rides in the Adirondacks where I'd see fly fisherman all the time. The views were incredible. Le sigh.

[Kano]

Lakerider, it looks like you want to SEE what we see. This picture is from a while ago -- for whatever reason, biking isn't allowed on this particular road anymore. I suppose it's because it's a sort of private drive up to the Birds of Prey Center south of us, and I guess I understand, but it WAS a nice place to practice hill climbing without worrying about big trucks! I miss it as a place to ride. (I'm not sure how it would work to bike up and pay admission to visit the exhibits at the top)

For obvious reasons, it was NECESSARY to stop here to take this picture from close to the the top the last time I was up there, and it's a pretty good shot of the sort of views when we ride south from home!

Karen in Boise

[mtkitchn]

Sometimes this is what I see....

[Lakerider]

Kano,
That's some beautiful blue sky!

mtkitchn,
I saw a snake while riding not long ago. Luckily, it was in the water.

Sometimes I stop to let ducks cross the road. Sometimes the ducks stop and let me to by. There's one little couple of ducks that I call Daisy & Donald. I always see them in about the same spot in the road. I've taken video of them but I don't have pictures. I'll have to take some next time I'm out.

[Mr. Bloom]

This is a lonely road through a reclaimed coal mine.

I took this at 7:30AM on Memorial Day. Unfortunately, the iPhone camera doesn't do it justice:

[kfergos]

Sometimes I see beautiful things.


Sometimes I see just plain unlikely things.

[shootingstar]

Vancouverites will tell you that we live in a beautiful area, even though we grumble at times over certain areas do have traffic.

I have done a 90+ km. ride alone where I stitched together 2 different route rides together which includes all 3 photos/link given below.

Part of ride for pic 1, includes stopping by for a coffee after a few long hills on quiet roads (past highway intersection), http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=32137 (see very last photo posted)

And also vistas below, which I see nearly daily on my early morning ride. In the winter (which we don't get hardly any snow for long at sea level), it is possible to be cycling when a few hrs. later or before, one has skied or snowboarded in the mountains that you see.

[HillSlugger]

This is the view along my favorite stretch of riding road



Here's one that's a bit stranger:



There was a sign out front saying that it was for rent but it wasn't near anything so I can't imagine why anyone would want to set up shop there.

[Reesha]

Whoa that does look like a nice riding road!!!

Today I saw a white Heron flying along next to me, a baby bunny (and lots of grown ones), and a kitten lounging about on the asphalt trail.

Made me smile.

[Lakerider]

These places look great! Keep adding pictures. I went riding today but didn't take my camera. I'll be sure to take it with me again tomorrow.

[Reesha]

Ohhh I forgot about this... a big sink hole right along the trail!