Pictures from today’s bike ride. This one is nine miles in, out near the country club:

About 13 miles in, a few barns by the railroad tracks:

A better shot of one of the barns:

One of the more useless mental games I play on the bike. Whenever Party in the USA comes on the iPod — don’t judge, it is not the worst tune in the world — I take a picture:

Doubling back over the railroad tracks. This bridge doesn’t look like much, but the sign says it will support seven tons:

Believe it or not, this was once one of the better restaurants in the area. But rising prices closed the place late last summer. Doesn’t look like much on the inside these days:

You can tell a lot about a town by the post office:

Not to be outdone, right next door is the town hall:

Across the street:

An abandoned general store about 25 miles into the ride. Note the remnants of the old sign on the right:

Just after I took this shadow portrait I ran across a beautiful white tail doe. I was about 20 feet from her before she ran from the shoulder into the tree line.

Sunset close to home. Just did make it back as the temperatures dipped.
