Cycle Ride - 3rd Sunday

The third all-day bike ride was South to Warsaw. Yep that Warsaw. So what if I was just there a couple weeks before, a good ride is a good ride. And its never the destination, anyway, it's the ride. And this was a good one along the river, including Nauvoo, the Hamilton mansion and decent roads and minimal traffic. And the 20 buck, 20 ounce Bloody Mary meal at the Brewery.

On an almost perfect late summer day.

Taking a break along the river.

When you are having fun you want to memorialize it with pictures. A sort of souvenir for the day. Something to peruse in the rest home that awaits us. It was a great day for riding. But a little wistful as well. It meant that time was running out and soon there would be a plane to catch.

But fear not. August 2019 is approaching. That is when I will be freed from my Florida imprisonment. But that is for another day.

These are the 20 ounce 20 buck masterpieces from the Brewery. I'm so giddy about more rides I'm thinking about my Northlandia Tours 2019.

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