Unusual Ride

This morning, I rode to yoga. It was a weird ride.

First, I had to cross Minnehaha Parkway where there were tons of Walk MS walkers. That was cool, but while I was waiting for a break to cross through the crowd, I yelled, "Thanks for walking!" I think they thought I was being sarcastic and criticizing them for blocking my route. At least I saw a volunteer that I recognized and she gratefully accepted my "Thanks for volunteering!" shout out.

When riding by the fort, I tried to stay out of the way of an older woman who was holding her camera to her face. As I rode by, she snapped at least three pictures of me. This wigged me out a little bit, especially as I noticed that my shirt did not provide as much coverage leaning over a bike as it does when standing upright.

Then, I had to come to a stop to not hit a little dog on a trail, while his owner, face buried in his phone, told me not to worry, the dog would stay out of my way. As he was saying this, the dog was licking my leg.

At least I got to hear these cool frogs and see a little cute snake.

Things were more normal after yoga, thankfully. I did a sweaty ride up and down a hill a few times near the overlook by the MN River Valley, which was a good way to leave things.

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