Journal Comments - An Italian Spring, 2023 - CycleBlaze

Journal Comments (page 16)

From An Italian Spring, 2023 by Scott Anderson & Rachael Anderson

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Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Keith Adams on a photo in To Garda

I noticed that too and wondered about it. It’s a popular cycling destination - most of the folks hanging out at the two cafes in the center were obviously bikers.

1 year ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Bill Shaneyfelt on a photo in To Garda

Well I know why. It’s a great shot! One of my favorites of the week.

1 year ago
Janice Branham commented on To Garda

The soundtracks on your videos are dreamy. I've started a Spotify playlist with some of my favorites.

1 year ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in To Garda

Nice that they even incorporated a bicycle wheel motif into the pavement design.

1 year ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in To Garda

Not sure why, but I really like this shot

1 year ago
Rachael Anderson replied to a comment by Bruce Lellman on To Verona

It’s doing fine.

1 year ago
Rachael Anderson replied to a comment by Rachel and Patrick Hugens on To Verona

I’m doing fine. I’ve taken 2 long hikes and a very hilly loaded bike ride.

1 year ago
Patrick O'Hara replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on a photo in In Verona

Hi Scott. Looking forward to your days ahead. Revisiting Riva del Garda, for example. Sue and I leave for Venice on July 17th. We're heading north to Udine along the Alpe Adria, then into Slovenia where we'll do a large loop of the country ending in Trieste.

1 year ago
Janice Branham commented on a photo in In Verona

Glad to see that the gash on the knee hasn't slowed you down

1 year ago
Keith Adams commented on In Verona

"... Verona feels like it would be a lovely place for a longer stay some year. We’ll have to make time for it somehow, but not when the Straverona is on...."

Settle in there, and leave town to go on a tour somewhere else during the event.

1 year ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in In Verona

Yep I think it's a yellow-bellied slider.

https://inaturalist.lu/taxa/39793-Trachemys-scripta-scripta

https://pet.mgxpr.com/product/yellow-bellied-slider-turtle/

Native to the southeastern US they seem to have spread throughout the world due to their popularity as pets; they've been introduced in Europe and are invasive when released.

1 year ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in In Verona

Might be red-eared sliders (though I don't see any with the telltale red patch on the side of the head behind the eyes), so I'm going to guess they are the yellow-bellied variety. (I assume the name is not an editorial judgment on their fortitude.)

1 year ago
Keith Adams commented on a photo in In Verona

That's quite the tide of humanity built up behind the dam of the cop's arms. You'd represent a salmon headed upstream to spawn, trying to get to the fort through that flood.

1 year ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Bruce Lellman on a photo in To Verona

Indeed. It’s remarkable how the smallest thing can change the course of history. For want of a nail, etc.

1 year ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Patrick O'Hara on a photo in In Verona

You’re right. All of the waterways here are really swollen and rushing this spring. From your photos it looks like you can almost see the rocks on the riverbed.

I’d forgotten you were in Verona on that tour. It’s a shame it was so hot when you got there. It’s heating up fast here too, and feels like in another few weeks we’ll be glad to be leaving the region.

Any plans for this summer?

1 year ago