Ack! I wonder what attacked the blue jay? A hawk?

Very cool that they used shipping containers to build the building!

That's a nice well-built trailside shelter!

I remember that song, "Spinning Wheel". :)

Yes- isn't it clever, and cute?

Love that S'mores bench! :)

It turns out that south central PA isn't flat. Who knew?

Yup. Lived in the KC 'burbs for the first 3 1/2 years of my time on the planet.

I love that hat. You may recall it's a souvenir from my brief stay in Cody WY last year. It gets a lot of favorable comments.

Nope, it missed us. Oh darn. ;)

He loves it!

One of these days I may head up to Mt. Airy and have a go at the Cruz Bike experience, just out of curiosity.

She's out for a couple weeks, IIRC. We met several others on similar tours, including a couple who were just finishing a month-long ride all the way around Lake Superior. They too were carrying everything needed for a long tour, including camping gear.

Yep. In fact, that's one thing a majority of the group had in common: they're veterans of the Bubba experience although not all in the same year. I think seven or eight of the group has gone across the country- something I'm coming to realize isn't in the cards for me.

In fact, there are two broken metacarpals on the outside edge as well. You should've seen the hematoma on her leg- on the first day it looked like a parti-hued grapefruit.

That was a first for me as well. Since they're immediately adjacent to, and in fact curve into, Camp Riley once across the bridge, I assume they're only used when the Army need to move equipment off or onto the post. The lack of crossing signals suggests that MPs would be posted to do traffic control at such times, and that it's an infrequent occurrence.