Ohio

My flight descends toward Columbus and the color green is kind of a shock to the eyes after months of the wonderful colors of southern AZ.  Don't get me wrong, I like green, but it is an abrupt change.  I also like blue and the sky was cloudless!  Two days ago the forecast was 7 consecutive dry days so that too was grand.

After working in the woods for a couple of hours, doing all kinds of pulling, yanking, shoving type work, I needed a break.  I opened the door of the rental and in hopped Stella.  We hit Wendys and shared a grilled chicken sandwich.  My first day was a good, enjoyable day working in my woods.  The next day....

....it rained lightly most of the day, including while I went to watch my grandson, Anthony play.  Standing under an umbrella for an hour isn't much fun and only 4 members of the team came out but hey, I did enjoy watching Anthony run around.

I have paths in the woods but they were severely overgrown in places so I cut back the brush, pulled it into the paths and....

....got a fire going after dousing the wet wood with gasoline a couple of times.  Once the fire gets large enough and hot enough, I rake in the brush.  It's a long process but meantime, I.....

....manage to cut down the first tree.  Not very large in diameter but very tall.  That evening, Thursday....

....severe storms roll through and in the morning, still raining.  As I drove Tuesday from the airport, I was reminded of what a fantastic network of lonely country roads exists in Ohio, most stitching together small communities.  One could ride every day for a year and never ride the same route, especially when you throw in the gravel roads.  So many "monster" climbs like Reynolds, Snortin Ridge, Chickencoop, Savage, Revenge (all real road names) and on and on.  I miss the variety for cycling but the weather???  I'm really good with southern AZ.