Yesterday we went on a 24 mile trip down to and through the Jim P. Martinez Sunflower Trail. If you’re curious as to what the trail is like, I found a map. There was a pretty strong headwind on the way back, so it was difficult, but good training. It’s looking more and more like the winds during the actual trip will not always be in our favor, but at least now we know we can survive that sort of thing.

Today we did a fairly light ride through The Highlands, a local Country Club and Golf area. This trip was especially fun because there were more than the usual amount of animals out and about. We saw several flocks of turkeys, numerous jackrabbits, and even a couple of cats. But the real highlight of the trip was when two deer walked across the road, right in front of us. We’ve seen deer before while biking in The Highlands, but this time they were close enough I almost had to swerve to avoid hitting the second one, which waited until the last second to decide that it really did want to follow its companion across the road after all. The wildlife in this area is really great, we don’t even have to go on a bike ride to see it either. Deer and turkeys show up in our yard all the time.

Also, the sandwich mentioned in my previous post has officially been dubbed the “Fjordwich” by MrPilot.

Friday gets closer and closer…