After all the whining I did in my reply to Rich’s recent post about weather keeping me indoors, I got to ride today!!!! It rained for all of the morning so I gave in and drove for my couple of errands I had planned to do by bike. After being back home for a few hours ……. the SUN started to show. What? Surprise! Hop on my bike and check on Mara’s Stump.

Sure enough there was a new display for the March Holiday.

That photo was to prove I was on my bike ;’-). This next one is for the display.

Here is what the weather was looking like at the start of my ride. It was still a bit cold at 39 degrees, but not nearly as cold as it has been lately. And the sun is battling with those clouds to come shining through.

In between time I took a photo near where I had taken that clear beautiful mountain range I posted the other day. Here it is today.

There started to be a change as rain drops were falling on my head, they kept fallin’. The sky darkened and it was time to head home. I almost did not ride at all today as I prefer riding earlier than noon, and once noon or 1:00 hits, my oompahpah wanes. I was so glad to get on the saddle today.

Oh! and the biggest highlight for me on this ride is that I ”met” Mara’s neighbor Kristi. As I was taking the photo I felt/saw this car slowly approaching and a woman rolling down her window with a curious, dubious look on her face. I KNEW she was wondering what I was doing in her neighborhood so I took the high road right away and introduced myself. Oh, she said, you are the one that Mara has told me about!!!! We chatted a few minutes more and she said ”we look out for each other here in our little neighborhood so when I saw a stranger taking photos I had to stop and ask.” Good for you I replied.