Anniversary Ride

Friday was our 5th anniversary, and the nice thing was that both of us had the day off from work (we had to work Saturday). We went out for a nice dinner Thursday night, and took it nice and quiet on Friday. We did however go for about a 25 mile ride from Utica out towards Charlestown then up to a state highway to Sellersburg and home. It was a beautiful sunny day, and we rode on some roads that we have not ridden on together before.

One of the roads is lined by old stone walls from when the area was first being settled by Americans. The abundance of limestone certainly means that the wall builders certainly had plenty of material to use. Kate made the comment that the walls look like the Aran Islands.

It has been so dry here for the past few months that all the grass and corn is yellowed and dry. The land on the road that we were riding on is pretty rolling, as you can see in the second picture. The farmland in the picture is part of one of the old family farms that is still working, they have a sign out front announcing that the farm is one of the old homestead farms.

The last picture is one of the great Indiana mountains (didn't know we had any huh). It rises to height of probably 100ft above the plain. Mt. Cooper (it is just a dirt pile) as it is know, is on the backside of one of the quarries between Utica and Sellersburg.

The weather has turned chilly here for at least Sunday, but it is supposed to get warm again in a few days. The break from the heat has been great, but it has been a little unusual to wake up in the morning, walk outside to let the dogs out, and come back in feeling chilled. Cyclocross season is in full swing, but I do not plan on starting to race until Sept. 30.