It is starting to feel like the beginning of spring. No more beautiful soft white snow, we are left with ice with dirt that can become gray slush at any moment!
Sorta wish we can fast forward to mid-spring where lots of things are in full bloom, but, before that, we must endure the awkward season transitioning period. You know, the period when the weather and temperature feels sorta unpredictable even with weather forecast?
Anyhow, today is the last day of the month and the weather was nice so I decided to finally welcome spring with a bike ride not in the city or my residential area (aka to a place I've never been before)!
Technology has made it easy to find a suitable place for my bike ride to spring! I had a mini forest guide since last summer (all of the information in the guide has probably been available on the internet for a while now) so while flipping through it I saw an area recommeded for mountain biking. Seeing that the weather was nice, the gas tank was full, the drive there was about 40 minutes, the time was only 2:30 p.m., the hybrid bicycle was in good condition, I decided on a whim to go on a bike ride at the recommended area! Now, imagine making this decision on a whim say 150 years ago. There wouldn't even be roads for me to drive on. Even if there were roads, they might be unsafe because of my appearance (I'm Chinese-Canadian and sometimes people asks if I'm of aboriginal descent). On top of that who knows what wild animals can emerge from the woods!
Anyways, I easily and safely arrived at my destination and rode on the safest and easiest biking trail at the remmended area. I had a peek at the entrances of the other biking trails during my ride. They all looked fun but could be challenging. If I was an expedienced bike rider, today probably would have been a good day to explore a few trails because it was not raining and no one else was riding there. Unfortunately, I'm the polar opposite of that, meaning I'm unfamiliar with what my body can handle, my bike and techniques useful for riding on mountain trails partially covered with ice.
Was I tempted to try almost every trails I came across? Of course, but I couldn't risk getting lost, losing control of my bike, injuring myself while I panic and, finally, cannot request for help after I have fainted.
With that said, it was a lot of fun going through what I considered the easiest and safest route. I even had time to safely jump off my bike a few times to take some photos. (No I did not fall)
So my bike ride to welcome spring was a success! :D The forest was beautiful.
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