Pond on a beautiful summer day

My little sister is taking part in a 100 mile bike race in Lake Tahoe. Hope
the weather is good for her. It's her first long distance race and she was
more than just a little nervous - traveling across the country to be a part
of it.

I wonder if she's riding around the lake - we don't know the area at all.
Anyone know of the race, it's a fund raiser for cancer research.
--
Bonnie
NJ
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oups.com...
We are having a repeat of spring.
Windy and rainy!

DH and youngest son are climbing on Mt.
Adam's today, one of WA's many sleeping
volcanoes. Going to be a looooong day
waiting for them to get back!

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ the damselfly

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Wow! Bravo for her! That's some
accomplishment, just getting up the
courage to do it!

Mine brother and family try to spend
time there, a friend has a cabin, they
go skiing and hiking, close enough to
San Francisco. Neat opportunity for
city kids.

k :-)

Bonnie NJ wrote:
My little sister is taking part in a 100 mile bike race in Lake Tahoe. Hope
the weather is good for her. It's her first long distance race and she was
more than just a little nervous - traveling across the country to be a part
of it.

I wonder if she's riding around the lake - we don't know the area at all.
Anyone know of the race, it's a fund raiser for cancer research.

I biked only half that distance today, but I saw a deer and her tiny
new, but very lively kid hop across the road in the gamelands, plus a
hundred little ducks and goslings in a pond near a farm, plenty of
redwing blackbirds and goldfinches. All in all, a lovely day. Quite
different from yesterday, when I thought it would be a pleasant idea to
take *Donna,* my big red eared slider out for a little field-trip. I
put her on the grass and she dashed over to the pond, as expected, but
she stirred it up enough so I couldn't see her. I thought the koi would
give me a clue, but they didn't. Six hours of pacing the edge with my
net uselessly in hand, wondering how people cope with the loss of their
two-legged, two-armed, four foot high lost ones when I'm pre-grieving
over the possible disappearance of my 10 inch leg-less 4 flappered
little critter before, finally, the red stripe and pointy nose surfaced
and I netted the baaaad turtle.

Ruth Kazez

Hi Ruth,
Glad to hear that you were able to capture your turtle!
Your bike ride sounded very enjoyable and probably much more relaxing than
my sisters. This is her first big race with so many other racers. She's
riden in races at Lewisburg, Williamsport and Hershey but they were much
smaller groups and not quite as long. I'm very eager to hear from her about
her adventure. She's no youngster - she's 54.

--
Bonnie
NJ
I biked only half that distance today, but I saw a deer and her tiny
new, but very lively kid hop across the road in the gamelands, plus a
hundred little ducks and goslings in a pond near a farm, plenty of redwing
blackbirds and goldfinches. All in all, a lovely day. Quite different
from yesterday, when I thought it would be a pleasant idea to take
*Donna,* my big red eared slider out for a little field-trip. I put her
on the grass and she dashed over to the pond, as expected, but she stirred
it up enough so I couldn't see her. I thought the koi would give me a
clue, but they didn't. Six hours of pacing the edge with my net uselessly
in hand, wondering how people cope with the loss of their two-legged,
two-armed, four foot high lost ones when I'm pre-grieving over the
possible disappearance of my 10 inch leg-less 4 flappered little critter
before, finally, the red stripe and pointy nose surfaced and I netted the
baaaad turtle.

Ruth Kazez

her adventure. She's no youngster - she's 54.

My Dad, 76, bikes 20+ miles easy each day, and has done as many as 60-70 in
one day. So your sis has quite a few years to catch up to him. ;o) ~ jan


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