Finally, I get a break! Between apartment maintenance issues and bad weather, I have been unable to ride for the past two weeks. Instead of heading out to the remote points this time, I decided to simply do the full loop for the sake of exercise. It’s officially just a little over 13.5 miles. Since my last foray, a few signs have been added and all the damage from construction equipment has been covered up. Of course, now new projects are destroying the covers, but that’s another story.
This plaque was added sometime in the past month or so. It explains that the Booya Car is a 1959 Buick LeSabre, who bought it and how it was passed down. The last owner was the artist who wrecked it and turned it into a sculpture, but it had been kept in the family since it was new. At any rate, it’s supposed to be the half-way point, but that’s true only if you start from the marina. The mile markers don’t start there, but begin on the NW corner of the loop.
The bikeway runs very close to the water at a couple of points like this one. All the canebrakes and Pamapas grass are brown during the winter months. It was an unseasonable warm day, pushing toward 70° F. We had a gentle southerly breeze, so the lake was rather placid. It was a nice quiet ride for me. I stopped a couple of times for prayer and contemplation.
One of the things that still resounds in my prayerful times is that somewhere out there in front of me is yet one more mission. I have no idea of any particulars, but the thing takes a large shape in the mists ahead of me somewhere.
I’m happy that you got to go biking. Winter always curtails those outdoor endeavors that bring us mmm… a refreshing of the spirit that, we just can’t replicate indoors watching foul weather mess everything up.