Tempus Fugit

On Monday Eric and I went out to Sandilands Provincial Park to do a little mountain biking. We had a great trip out discussing all sorts of things while driving through all kinds of weather including some snow and rain. Upon arrival, it was cloudy and cool, and we set out on one of the cross country ski trails. It turns out that these trails have been chewed up by ATVs and as the Park name implies the area is quite sandy. This made for some really tough riding.

After a short outing we decided to drive over to another part of the trail system to see if we could find some better trails. Eric remembered that once upon a time there were some really nice single track trails, but we never did locate them. The second bit of riding was better, and there were a couple of water hazards like this one. One rather large puddle Eric road through and I heard him say “keep to the left”. After almost going down in the small lake as I rode across I later found out he said “got my shoes wet”. Turns out the puddle was a little deeper that anticipated. All in all a good trip, but I think we’ll be trying some other trails before coming back here again.

This was the scene in our driveway at about 10am. We'd just stepped out side to try and photograph a beautiful rainbow, but it faded very rapidly. In the one shot I got off, it's barely visible. This was the first time I'd seen a rainbow where there hadn't been any rain, or snow for that matter, for some time and it was a generally clear sky. But, as you can see, there was snow on the ground from Friday afternoon, and over night into Saturday. I skipped the FOG ride. I don't mind cold, but cold & wet is just a little too much. Perhaps there will be a ride on the holiday Monday, but I think Eric & I will be heading out to Sandilands for a little mountain biking instead. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I know I've got lots to be thankful for.