a short ride

"i just wanna do a short, easy ride, nothing big today"   this is what we said, what we agreed on, what we apprently felt.  it's not what happened. 

the weather was beautiful, just a hint of cool in the air, but our hands and ears weren't screaming in pain from the cold.  we were in short sleeves and shorts, and it was glorious.  took off from the house, got on dirt, and it was ON! 

it felt like riding through an M C Escher painting, we somehow were always going up a fucking hill.  the trails were in perfect condition, i know somwhere along the way we had to be going down a hill, but it felt like all climbing.   we came out by the road, i thought we were done, but oh no, "lets do one more" seemed to be the attitude of the day, and so we did. 

three and a half hours of riding overall.  my legs were jelly.   twenty + miles on a mountain bike is not a "short, easy" day.   overall, it was a good day, a fun day.  


that was yesterday.  today we are going on a slow, short, easy ride.   we shall see about that.....