I finally have been able to cruse the back roads of Preston County on my KLR 650. It is a quiet bike that can negotiate rough pavement or dirt roads. It is a nice way to see the real back side of my county. I used to bicycle around Northern West Virginia but riding uphill on gravel roads is not my cup of tea these days.
You are going slow enough to have the face shield up and drink in the smells of the countryside. That second hay cut or barnyard smell cuts in and out as I ride.
Today I heard a red tail hawk overhead. I looked up and the hawk was very high overhead. I was impressed that it could see to the ground. I love the screech of the red tail.
We heard the yipping of the coyotes early this morning. I was wondering what they were cheering about?
The dry weather is taking its toll. Some of the trees look quite stressed. Seems to me like the climate is changing. It has been a very long dry spell here where we are used to regular rains.
Fall is coming and it is time to get to the woods and get in the last of the firewood. I don't want to be cutting it in the snow like last winter.
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