[Chris]

So I ate dinner (turkey sub, ftw!) and decided to go riding for a couple of hours. It snowed last night, but in typical New England fashion, it's 55* outside now and pretty damn nice:



Not a ton of light left, so I didn't have super long to ride, but I figure an hour and a half at least, no prob.



So I grabbed my bike:



And headed out. About a mile up the road, since I live in the country I came to some cows.



And a goat. Goats = always metal.



Still plenty of sun (washing out my camera lens), so it's time to get moving.



I say bye to Bessy, and head down this road:



And up the other side:



Which leads to another downhill, towards the river.



I get to a section of road that's been closed for ages. So I stop and have a drink.



It's pretty damn nice here.



I'm headed this way, up the closed road, which is only about 3/4 of a mile long.



Before heading out, I find some bizarre mode on my camera, hit it accidentally, and take this picture of myself giving the 'bone.



Still plenty of daylight left.



Especially if you aren't taking pics directly at the sun.



This is the washed out road:



Anyway, enough of this nonsense. Time to head back to my bike and move.



I head down the river some more:



A few miles up:



I head around this corner:



Go another ~2 miles and stop here for another drink.



The river is completely calm. It's awesome.





(note camera case in foreground, the uber way to level your camera when it's on a crooked old picnic table.)



Off in the distance is a bridge. I'm ~6 miles from home or so, but then again.. There's a bridge.



Flexing at said bridge, I say "I will ride to you, bridge, dark be damned!"



And so I did:



However, the damn thing has no sidewalks, and as I'm standing there trying to take this pic without looking like a dumbass, like 10 cars go by. Plus, it's narrow as hell. Not wanting to get run over before golf season, I deem this stupid (yet scenic) bridge false, cancel the fucker for not having sidewalks, and mosey on my way.



So I head this way:



Past this badass house.



And up the road:



Now I'm hauling ass, because it's going to be dark damn soon, and I'm now about 45 minutes away from my house, on a windy, narrow road with no sidewalks. However, I stop here and grab my camera case.



And note again what a badass ride this is.



Coming from this way:



I'm headin' this way:



I take a different route home, further up the river towards my house:



And note that sunsets over rivers:



Really own:



I haul more ass (and take less pics) and come to the grassy knoll, which is actually a really big hill, however you can't tell by this pic.



The streetlights come on:



So I bust ass: (This is why I break digital cams all the time.. The things I do for a good picstory)



FIN.

[Popsyche]

AH! The joys of being single!

[ohio_eric]

I have this odd mental picture of you haulin ass down a road trying to take pics and not kill yourself.

A lot of that scenery reminds me of where I live. There's lots of windy roads and dangerous bridges near me.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by ohio_eric

I have this odd mental picture of you haulin ass down a road trying to take pics and not kill yourself.

A lot of that scenery reminds me of where I live. There's lots of windy roads and dangerous bridges near me.

Nah, only the last couple of those were taken while moving, and I was going damn slow. I learned my lesson after having to eBay my last $350 digital camera for $50 because I broke the screen.

Well, kind of learned my lesson anyway.

[ohio_eric]

I need a new bike. My old one's junk.

Damn temptations of ss.org.

[nyck]

Sweet area Chris.

[Drew]

That's gorgeous, dude.


I REALLY need to overhaul my bike and start riding again, as soon as my fucking ankle can take it.

[BigM555]

Nice scenery.......almost enough to make me get my fat ass back on mine.

[The Dark Wolf]

That's badass, homes. Man, I have a nice MTB and everything, but my ghetto ass neghbporhood is the WORST place to ride.

"Yo, hommie! Nice bike! Gimmie it!" *BANG, BANG! I need a bike rack or something.

Nice pics, cool ride. I am envious.

[god9]

So where along here were you riding?



I'd really like to check that area out one day.