Twenty miles, all in the dark—I’d forgotten how much I enjoy that. (Note that I use a high-powered headlight and two flashing taillights.) I was riding cadence, not minding the speedometer that I couldn’t see and finished with an average speed of just less than 14 mph. It was a ride of smells, fields smelling of harvest and the honey wagon, late-blooming plants, the marsh and dead things. (route map)
A storm was approaching and the sky was wonderful–clouds overhead and lightning on the horizon. The moon was three quarters toward full and shined nicely on the open water of the marsh when it was able to peek from behind the clouds.
There are endangered Delmarva fox squirrels along my near-daily loop (map link). I helped work for their protection years ago. That’s a cool realization. I still haven’t seen a live one though, only stuffed.
Dinner’s highlight, after the ride, was a succotash made with local corn, limas from a neighbor, fresh and cold-smoked tomatoes and one roasted, red jalapeno peppers.
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Drive
N38.44147, W-76.093259
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