 I was bidden to remove 4 piles of material where once, very large cherry stumps had been present. Always on call, lol, it took me a couple of visits to dig it, place in a wheelbarrow and deposit the stuff in my daughter's woods.  Nice looking cloud formation as I was driving home from a group ride. Really enjoying these morning ride, rather than the hotter, evening rides.  I met friends Paul & Janet at Brio in Polaris and had a great time getting caught up. They attended a wedding in Italy and had just returned.  One morning, I hooked up with the Monday, Westerville Club group and as we rode east on Concord Rd, we saw a woman, riding a horse and when she saw us, turned around and went off pavement. One of our group, Mike A took this good pic.  My woods work continues to make progress, hacking, cutting, dragging, digging and burning. Having a lot of fun doing this.
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 I attended a class in college that covered poetry. My favorite was Frost's, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". I think of that often when passing deep, woods. Here, returning from a group ride to Centerburg.  Hoover Reservoir again as I drive home from a 46 mile, group ride. I'm really enjoying the morning rides, to escape the hotter, evening rides. Plus, there are quite a few enjoyable guys with whom to ride. Several are "escapees" from the New Albany Tuesday & Thursday evening rides. I finished with an 18.1 average and that's kinda ok, for me.  Well, ok, got in with another group but then Jimmy L and Tony, both on E assisted bikes, got the better of me at mile 21 so I spit the bit. I know a couple of guys who don't enjoy when the e-bikers use the tech to push at speeds beyond what they otherwise could, but it doesn't bother me. Plus, I may enter the e-bike realm at some point.  Another odd road name. Previously I posted about "Old Maids Road" and here is another. Nothing perfect about this road but nothing imperfect either.  The corn!!! Tassels now showing although this is "field" corn rather than what you buy.  How bout that? Ran into Kinda Janet & Paul at McNamara Park as I readied for a ride. Have not seen my friends in too long so we chatted (they just returned from Italy) and promised to meet for dinner (which we subsequently did). Fun people.  Lot of sail boats this afternoon as I return from another group ride.
 Sorry for the delay in posting. It's been an enjoyable time, as always, in the great state of Ohio. I cross Hoover Reservoir on my way to McNamara Park where I join a morning group. ride. At roughly the half way point....  ....we stop at a market where we all chuckled about how letters were arranged on the back of this Toyota.  I continue to help the children, this time removing a stump. Have to carefully remove the surrounding dirt cause of the chain on the saw touches dirt, it dulls it instantly. A few cuts and than pounding at it with a maul and....  ...gone! I enjoy this work and am glad I can take care of these things.  Almost all of my rides now are group oriented but on a solo ride, I included Old Maids Lane on my itinerary. Would be interesting to know the history behind the name but yes, probably had something to do with older, single women.  What a contrast of colors as the hey waits to be baled. OK, that's it but I'll post more frequently, I promise!
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