Country Views: Green Haze

Escape Route: Sergeant Road Bike Path.

 Memorial Day weekend was the end of a busy two-week long stretch for me. I had obligations and work to do every day which took precedence over most riding opportunities I might have had. The early week rain/mist we had last week erased a couple ride opportunities as well.

So, I had to put off getting a country ride in until Monday. This was affected by a ride I did last Tuesday on my fixed gear bike which I did in-town on streets and bike paths in a steady drizzle. Due to my trying not to use the brake, I ended up inflaming the connective tissues around my left knee. So, I was nursing that along by the end of last week as well.

As I stated, this affected Monday's ride as I did not want to overwork the knee and end up worse off than I was before. But I managed to get in almost a couple of hours in and it was good. Enough work to loosen things up and get the blood flowing, but not too much where I felt I overworked things.

Everything is coming up out there in the fields now.

Another "ditch cross". This is on Aker Road.

Someone in the comments from my last Country Views post asked about the crosses I posted from a ditch East of Waterloo. I mentioned in my reply that these are fairly commonplace around here. I decided to post the image of the "H.I.M." cross in the West ditch on Aker Road. You can find this near the hog confinement before you get to Washburn Road going South on Aker, in case you were a curious local.

 Typically these are placed where an individual lost their life in an automobile accident.

 

The landscape looked like it had a green haze over it due to all the emerging plants. Of course, the ditches are in full-green mode now. The wild flowers are just starting to come out as well. Dandelions are about all finished up, but some other yellow flowers are starting to pop now. 

The ride was a bit on the short side, but the weather could not have been better. By afternoon on Monday the skies had clouded up, so I was pleased that I had gotten out in the morning to get the blue skies and Sun. 

There was another purpose for this ride, which I will get into for tomorrow's post. Suffice it to say I was satisfied with the outcome, if not somewhat embarrassed!