Three Lakes Area Road Ride

Things I loved about today's ride:

• Wet roads spraying a mist on my bare legs
• Every shade of green
• Pungent forest-scented breezes, far better than any perfume I've ever smelled
• Visiting for a few minutes with the ladies at Teaching Drum. They age so gracefully and I admire that.
• Going slow enough to nose breath except on hills, and enjoying the pace.
• Highway 32 winds around lakes quite nicely.
• Not one car on Divide Road.
• Stopping to take pictures and eat berries.
• Old growth forests.
• Canopy roads.
• Sunshine.
• Singing out loud.
• Smiling to myself.
• The hawk that I was close enough to make eye contact with.
• Pileated woodpecker flew in front of me.
• Overcoming getting a little lost (name change on a road).
• Riding on a road named Chicken-In-The-Woods.
• 2nd best iced coffee I've ever had at the end, since I'd parked at Deja Brew.
• 53 miles of awesomeness.

Hello, Spirit Lake.

Beautiful Military Road

Teaching Drum, where I stopped to purchase a couple books.

Love the roads up here

Nice ride!