Another Bike Ride

I'm really enjoying my bike this year. And I know this probably will sound like southern blasphemy, but I've also been enjoying the cooler, gloomy days. Those days make it much easier for me to amp up my exercise routine. Even though I enjoy warmer weather, the extreme heat just zaps my energy for exercise and all I think about it Margarita's and basking in the springs.

We took another trip to the Southern Walnut Creek bike trail and biked the opposite trail as we did last time. This portion of the trail is a bit more strenuous with its steady elevation. At least the trip back down was fun...like a roller coaster on a bike.

I didn't take many pictures, because it's not easy to stop and take snapshots when you're in the groove. I've thought more than a few times how it'd be nice to have some kind of attachable device on my bike for photos or videos...a Go pro of some sort?? Maybe I will have to put something like that on my list for Santa this year.

I did stop off for a shot of downtown...

We rode about seven and a half miles. It was a good workout because of the uphill incline...

The sunset was beautiful last night...

 I hate my phone camera does not capture the sunsets as beautifully as they really are. I've been thinking of a beginner type DSL camera lately. Hmmmm.....another thing to add to Santa's list.

I'm definitely not lacking in ideas for Christmas this year when Santa asks.

Chocolate Milk

Yesterday I had to make a trip downtown to Whole Paycheck Foods to replenish my supply of turmeric and Monk Fruit Sweetener.

When we're downtown we always take advantage of the trails. We decided to walk around the lake and see what all the water shortage hoopla was about.

Instead of it's usual emerald tone, the water was the color of chocolate milk, swirling about. Not a pretty site, but definitely interesting to look at...

Toby mentioned how the old fire tower gets lost in all the tall buildings now. If you look hard you can spot it standing lonely in the pic below...

I felt sorry for the old fire tower, so I gave it recognition when we passed by it...

I also took a few short video clips....

Here's a map of our walk. Not as much as we should have walked, but we got out late and I wanted to beat the downtown traffic home....

Chilly Biking

We woke up to another cold, rainy day. We've been wanting to ride our bikes for awhile, and we usually like to save our biking for when the temps are cooler.

It was so cold and gloomy that what I really wanted to do was go to Ikea (Skye needs a new bedroom set) and go to the movie theatre.....BUT, I really wanted to ride my bike too.

Soooooo....I finally decided we would brave the cold and moisture and take our bikes to the Southern Walnut Creek Trail.

I'm so glad we did, once we got to riding and generating some heat, we weren't cold at all.

The deer were out, and they weren't scared of us at all, they let us ride right through them and they just watched us.....

The creek was really flowing....

We rode eleven miles. We could have done more, but my butt was killing me. I really need to invest in some better biking shorts...

Last night, Skye and Toby went to the House of Torment. They had a good time....

Other random pics from my camera roll.

Monday nights are our 'Friday Nights', and Toby's boxing practice was cancelled, so we treated ourselves to a purple margarita...

Pretty flower that caught my eye in Chick Fil a..

This was the best Chicken Enchilada Soup I've ever made. I got the recipe from out of the community newspaper. As you can tell, I don't think cilantro tastes like soap..

Cozy cat. She likes to spend more time indoors when it's cold outside...

Sometimes Bo just has to be as close to me as possible. He would be a lap dog if I'd let him...

I WON!!

I got a call Saturday morning that one of my baby blanket sets had received a tri-color ribbon! I was really not expecting that at all, so I was pretty stoked.

My crochet is gifted or donated, so I was pretty excited that my crochet was finally appreciated for the value, time and love I put into it.

Besides the project that won a tri-color ribbon, I also entered four other projects that won a blue ribbon and one project that won a red ribbon. So, I guess you could say I made out like a bandit at the Guadalupe County Fair.

After we got home from the fair for newspaper photos (which I have not received yet) me and Skye made our yearly support visit to Crowe's Nest Farm....

We have a pack of coyotes who live behind our house in the greenbelt. We usually only hear them at night after sun down, but the other day they were yiping all day. Everything seemed to be triggering them...sirens, planes flying overhead, etc.

Seguin

Today me and my friend Robin took a trip to Seguin, Texas to enter some of our stuff into the Guadalupe County State Fair. Robin had canned preserves and I had crochet items.

It's the first time I've ever entered anything into a county fair, so I'm pretty excited to see if I'll get any recognition for my handicraft. If not, o'well it's not going to stop me.

About a year ago, Robin moved out to a plot of land in Bastrop where they built them a nice home. I love the idea of country living, but I'm a catch 22 because I also hate driving and inconvenience.

Robin's horses, Scout, Moses and Opie. Opie, the solid brown one is the oldest....

Luckily, Robin drove so I could site see. We passed a farm of gazelles. I didn't want to think about why there might be gazelles in Central Texas. They were beautiful to watch and bounced away when we pulled near to photo them....
 

Robin's dog Lucy Blue went with us. She's spunky and moves around a lot, so the photo I got of her was blurry...

Last time I was in Seguin I was a teenager, when I stayed with my aunt and uncle for a couple of months. I recognized a couple of things, and I really wanted to do a bit more exploring in the city, but we didn't have time.

We got to the fairgrounds and entered our projects....

Juan Sequin's burial spot was right behind the fairgrounds...

After we entered our projects, we took Lucy to a nearby dog park to reward her for having to sit in the truck and wait for us. A dog park would be a disaster for Bo, but Lucy has very good social skills..

It was a nice day, and I enjoyed hanging out with Robin and having a little 'girl time'.

I will have to return on Sunday to pick up my items from the fair.