My Local Ride

[Starfish]

WOW! What an awesome ride out of your garage! Very beautiful...I'm envious. Thanks for showing us these pics!

[maillotpois]

Those are eucalyptus.

Edit: At least I think they are. That's what the bark looks like, but the photos of the trees themselves aren't quite clear enough to be 100% sure.

It's great seeing the photos - I am not too familiar with that part of the Bay Area. Nice cows! I know how much you love them....

[Veronica]

I took that cow picture just for you MP.

V.

[maillotpois]

I do love the cows.

I swear I will do the Petting Zoo tour of Marin one of these days. Mandatory stops to pet the animals. There'll be a lot of stops.

[emily_in_nc]

You live in a stunning area, Veronica. I can't imagine having all that right out my driveway. I mean, yeah, the NC piedmont is pretty, lots of farms and such, but nothing really dramatic like that. I think I'd ride more if I lived where you do!

Emily

[Veronica]

We only have little pockets like that - lots of suburban sprawl.

The funny thing is, since I do that ride a couple of times a week, I don't usually look around. There were ducks in that pond in the first shot. I never would have seen them if I hadn't stopped for the second shot. I've never really looked at that house before. I usually ignore the cows. Sometimes they do get out though.

Usually I'm trying to haul a$$ and keep my HR in the right zone.

V.

[Bike Goddess]

Thanks for all the great pics! I too saw cows and calves the other day when I was riding in Marin. Somehow the little guys just touch my heart (hard to think they'll land on someone's dining table someday ).

As always, Diablo looks beautiful no matter where you look. Just a little reminder of the wonderful mountain we have to use for training when the weather is good.

I agree with MP. The bark does look like Eucalyptus- since we can't see the other side of the road, perhaps it is! But since you can't remember the name of the tree, I wonder if that's the right call!

Nice ride- what we get when we want less traffic- poorly maintained roads!

[snapdragen]

Veronica, I'm so proud of you! Pictures of cows! I'm with MP, love the cows. I third the vote for eucalyptus trees. Do they smell like throat lozenges?