solitary bike ride
Red spangles.
Such a nice afternoon today - warm and some sun. I couldn't find anyone who wanted to go on a bike ride so I went by myself - which gave me more time to take photos.
Lotsa leaves. Getting close to Brandon the trail was totally covered with leaves so sometimes you couldn't see the edges. Had to be careful.
River bend.
Allegheny River islands.
Belmar Bridge coming in sight.
Selfie.
Getting closer to the bridge. From here I peddled home quicker cause I thought rain might be coming.
There were a lot of bicyclists out today - I passed dozens of people. Saw a few blue jays, what might have been an eagle or at least it was a large hawk, some woolly bears, a woodpecker, heard some geese on the river. In all I went 16 miles. Thoughts I had as I went along: The natural world is dissolving, it is disintegrating, falling apart leaf by leaf. Passing by huge boulders marooned on the hillsides - some as big as houses - left behind by a million years of erosion. Why did they last and everything else get washed away in this river valley? A bird was squeaking, a weird sound that I had never heard before - it seemed to be coming from the hillside beside me. Eventually it was getting louder and then I thought the sound must be coming from the bicyclists coming towards me. There was a little boy in the front with a big smile on his face and so I smiled back.