Scenes along Woodside Road

Barbara, Laurie, Debbie and I went for a bike ride down Woodside Road last evening.

I've mentioned before on the blog that it's one of my favorite places to ride: it's just a couple of miles away, it's flat, at night meeting even one vehicle is shocking and the place abounds with animal life.

Last night's trip brought out the usual birds, including a group of wildly ranting and darting kildeer.

We were more than shocked to tally up three vehicles, driven by two humans.

One human, Garrett Stockdale, was working his shift as mechanic for Woods truck fleet, so he went up the road in a pick-up and came back down the road with a big front-end loader from the gravel pit.

Garrett told us he's the "put 'em to bed" mechanic. He comes in late in the day and makes sure everything is in running order for the next morning.

We saw three or four deer along the way, but none of them gave us much of a chance to snap a picture or two.

But the cows and horses and the Appaloosa mule did.

All seemed happy to see us, so we spent some time with each group and took a few nature portraits.

I liked the clump of daisies alongside the road.

It was an exhilarating and relaxing ride on a perfect evening.

Enjoy the photos below.