Taking a ride

Now that gas prices have gone down a little - we are paying 1.79 a gallon most days - Don and I have started taking rides again - it is one of our main entertainments - don't go to the movies - don't eat out much - and we have nice chats along the way - such a pleasant way to spend a sunny afternoon in the winter. . . or summer . . . or fall . . . just about any time.

Our main destination was to a spot where we can have extraordinary views of some of the mountains in our area. . .

The Three Sisters - when we first moved here we were confused as to the name of this group - sometimes called the Three Brothers - so now we just call them The Siblings. There is a nice spot in the road to pull over for a view.

Getting closer - there is a lot of snow blown off some of the rocky mountainsides . . .

Even closer . . . those are some fine mountains!

And the best view of all - I am thinking of entering this photo in a local contest for calendar photos - what do you think?

Then on the way home we decided to take a road that goes along the back of the big lake. There isn't much traffic and we can daudle all we want. We saw this road sign and our minds were busy with thoughts of how it came to have this name. Was it older than all the other lanes in this area? Did older folks live down this lane? Did someone named Older live down here? Oh the fun of the imagination!!

And a new sign - what a dandy one!

A log with wonderful fungi on it - amongst the old leaves from last fall . . .

The fun things you find on a slow, old road - someone's great mailbox . Across the road from this was a house and a very old hamburger stand - all saggy and worn out - but at one time you could buy hamburgers along this road behind the lake. I can just see the kids gathering around in their bathing suits - waiting for their hamburgers and milkshakes - ahhhh summer.

And what is this? We saw it on this tree stump - out in the forest. At first we thought it was a strange bird - but at closer look . . .

We still don't know what it is. Sometimes it looks like a rock - how did it get way up there? This stump is about 20 feet all. Sometimes it looks like a package wrapped up with string - how DID it get up there?

Ohh a Green Man spirit on this fabulous mossy tree. Maybe two - do you see them?

Then - out into the sunshine along the lake - and these fabulous bird houses - can't you just see them in the summer, full of nesting birds.

It was a great ride - thanks for coming along. Where do you like to take rides and what do you look for?