Sharon’s Blog

After lunch, most of us rode off, some decided to take a break for the day. I fell behind the main pack, but kept pedaling and enjoying the lovely, if wet, scenery. Funny – it was very wet, but it was never raining hard enough all day to keep you from riding. We were riding towards Bruce Bay, but weren’t going to get that far as it was getting late in the day. Karsten had the van pulled over, and was chatting with Jenny, but I just ignored them and kept riding. Karsten yelled to me that he’d pick me up in another 10 or 15 minutes. The other three still riding were way ahead of me. The scene had changed to farm country now – mostly cattle, with some sheep sprinkled in here and there. Still crossing lots of streams of varying sizes. Karsten found a spot to pull over and drag me off the road. We drove a little ways and passed the other riders, but there was nowhere to pull over until this cattle farm. There were lots of dogs barking at us as we got out of the car – scary one, but they were all tied up so we felt comfortable roaming around. Across the street was this pastoral cattle scene…notice how dispersed they are.