Dear gals from the land far, far away from me...

I was just reading a post from Road Raven. In her little profile, it says she's from Middle Earth, which got me to thinking about LOTR. Seeing those movies on the big screen, especially the first one, I felt an incredible surge of love for our planet. In the first movie, the first panoramic shot of New Zeland...my heart leapt and swelled and sang (the hills are alive...! Wait, no, that's The Sound of Music. Anyways...)

So my question is...can it truly be that beautiful? Sigh. Makes me glad to be alive. What a wonderful use of the land in that movie. It made me want to take up a sword and fight Sauron and Saruman, too.

What's the best part of biking in NZ? The worst?

Just enjoying the thought...from here in the land of cornfields and cement...and the beautiful Lake Michigan, but still...

Lise