Aug 17 2008
Picking Blackberries
Riding home from visiting friends today I took a road less traveled. As I rode along I could smell ripe blackberries coming from just beyond the railroad tracks which paralleled the road. The heat of the past couple of days must have ripened them, so I stopped to pick a few to eat. As I rinsed them with water from my water bottle, I was left wishing I had a container or bag to put the berries in so I could take some home. Then I remembered my water bottle was near empty, so I finished it off and filled it with fresh blackberries. I would have never smelled the blackberries or stopped to pick some if I have been driving my car. Just another benefit of riding a bicycle.
Tomorrow the forecast is for temps around 75 and rain. It reminds of how fast summer is passing and how soon fall will be here. In the meantime I plan to enjoy the summer.
I picked a few blackberries when I lived in NW. There were delicious but as I recall very nasty to pick due to thorns.
But what you say is true about bicycling. A person misses a lot when they are in a car.
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