Friday, March 14, 2014

Friday, March 14th – Biking Again.



We loaded up our bicycles again this morning and rode on two trails where we looked for geocaches. This part of Florida has a lot of really nice biking trails and they are well used not only by bikers, but also by people walking, jogging and even skating. I am surprised how much space is available to park our car when we access these trails.
 
 
Today was the first time I actually rode my bicycle across a train track.
 
 
 
 

 
Some of the areas around the trails are quite pretty. Since the land is so flat here, there are canals all over the place to drain the water.
 
 
 
It was windy out today. However, a March wind here is very much nicer than what I have experienced at home. It seemed that the wind was always blowing in our faces no matter which direction we were biking. When we stopped for lunch, I noticed that the flags at Chick-fil-A were almost horizontal. While we were dining inside, I heard instrumental music playing in the background and was pleasantly surprised when I recognized a well know Christian song—Matt Redmond’s 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord O My Soul). I wonder how long it will be before someone complains enough that the restaurant will be forced to stop playing this type of music.
 
 

We stopped by the grocery store on our way back to the condo. My cousin, Kurt and his wife, Ruthie are arriving tomorrow to spend a week with us. They live near the mountains in Virginia and both of them are ready to enjoy some warm weather.
 
 

Shortly after we got back to the condo, we discovered the resident alligator sunning in our backyard. We have seen him swimming in the lake several times and he was at the edge of our yard one other time. But today, he was fully on the land and he looked huge to us.
 
 
 
 
 
 As the sun set, Mr. Alligator remained on guard.
 
 
 
 
 

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