Riding in the 'Hood

[xeney]

Since I can't ride and I am going crazy I am going to post some older photos from one of my favorite picnic rides.







This is an abandoned off-shoot of the very popular bike trail by our house, although it took a beating recently when it was used as a trail detour for a long time. It's not any fun on a road bike because it's not maintained any more, but it's fine on my mixte (sprung saddle, fatter tires). We picnic here by the river a lot.

These photos are more exciting than they look, too, because about five minutes after we took them some kids came up and told us that there was a body in the river right below us. No foul play, just an elderly woman and a very sad story, but we haven't done much picnicking there ever since.

[pooks]

To find trees in the Dallas area you have to be in the older neighborhoods and/or down near creeks. The newer the area, the flatter and smaller the trees. Developers tend to wipe out everything and build. Or else build on farmland that didn't have trees to begin with. I refuse to have a new house for that very reason.

Knotted, you live in some beautiful country!

Xeney, that's a really nice trail and picnic spot. Hopefully you'll be able to replace the bad memories with good ones, but man, that's a rude turn of events.