Live to Ride!

Spring-like temperatures!!!! Oh, I'm already anticipating the weekend ride. I think my tired sandwich-ness is better now. The culprit most certainly was an extended period of time sleeping on an air mattress, followed by one too many mornings of rolling myself out of bed haphazardly and forgetting there was floor right beside me. So we bought a bed finally. It's a nice queen sized IKEA bed, with a rattan head and footboard. It's quite complementary to the brick wall and various other knick knacks and IKEA things around the apartment. I'm so relieved to be done with "big stuff" furnishing. Now, we just need to populate the space with more plant life. I have my two bonsai (mini Japanese cherry trees I grew from seeds in 2001...), but that's it so far. It'll be garden-like in no time. AND, our landlords said we can plant a garden in the yard out back if we want too! SCORE! But back to the important stuff...The inaugural spring bike ride. I believe we're planning on trying out West Rock. It's the closest trail around and has a great view from the top. I'm a little nervous about all the rocks up here in CT. I rode rocks with no problem in PA, and some of the laurel mountain rock gardens were wicked, but there just aren't as many big rocks in PA...and there were places like Boyce and Kennerdell that were faster singletrack with less rocky areas if i was in the mood for something a wee bit less grueling. There are sooo many boulders here...deposited back in the day by glaciers. I'll be curious to see if most trails are all-around rocky or not. I'm sure we'll find some cool singletrack though. I can certainly do some hike-a-bike if needs be...we'll see what happens. We have sooo many new trails to explore around here, so i'm sure i'll find something my speed. OR, I'll start wearing knee pads :o) (any maybe body armour....HA!) Happy Spring!