Saturday Bike Ride

This was not the Saturday for me to forget to bring my camera on my morning ride. Pat suggested I ride over to the Farmer's Market in Gilbert and he was going to drive over there (after giving me a head start). The path I took had oh so many interesting things to see on the way and I wish I had my camera to capture them (I will have a redo on that one another time). When I got to the Farmer's Market (yes way after Pat) there was also an Arts/Craft thing going on. We walked around and then went to a little coffee shop in town. Made me realize there is a lot of history and interesting things going on Downtown but I never go there. Have to make a point to do that more often. So anywho on my ride home, the path I rode on ran behind Freestone Park and in the fields all sorts of pint-sized kids were playing soccer and flag football. Well that brought me back to many a Saturday morning spent watching Mike and William play when they were little, which is bringing us right to today's Blast from the Past. It is Fall 2003 and Mike is playing flag football and William soccer.

 

Journey on my Bike

Saturday mornings have turned into my time to go out on my bike to ride and enjoy the fresh air and solitude. I am usually gone around two and a half hours and I enjoy the journey. One of my frequent routes is to ride up to the path along the canal, then head north into Mesa, trying to go further each week. Bordering the canal is everything from farmland to new subdivisions to over 55 and snowbird communities. I see something new every week, I usually hear roosters cockadoodledoing, there are lots of horse farms and even some citrus orchards. I stop at a Starbucks on my way back home that just happens to be right off the path and enjoy a latte while I rest before heading on home. The weather right now is perfect for my morning rides. It is as low as the 30s when I leave the house, but the sun is shining and it just doesn't feel that cold. Of course, there is no wind chill here that I know of. I love my bike and I love my Saturday morning rides, I hope to get in as many as possible before it gets too hot again.

My BIKE

Here is my new bike.....well I got it last Spring, but it quickly turned too hot to ride and then the summer hit and it was hotter than he!! for months on end so my bike sat in the garage waiting for me. The last couple weeks or so it has been cool enough early in the morning for me to take a ride around. Actually I have only done it on the weekends, but I love my bike, I love riding around on it and I look forward to the cooler weather headed our way so that I can go out regularly after work for a spin. 

This is what I think I look like riding around town:

 

This is what I probably look like:

  But never mind that, I am having fun no matter how I look.