pavement.jpg=Relieved, I then headed home on this well paved American river bike trail.
mg2.jpg=the birds set their sights on...
gobble3.jpg=Dejected, I continued on my way and only made it twenty feet before I scared another one off, and as I was thinking about the one that got away,  I nearly ran over this one.
know.jpg=Finally,  I approached this  all-important sign which I elected to honor.
roubaix2.jpg=over the bridge and...
gobble.jpg=So, it was sunny and 70, albeit windy ( I heard you're in the middle of a wicked nor'easter), so I went for a bike ride. I couldn't resist chasing some wild turkeys, but they got away.
roubaix.jpg=(Trav's IM got lost at this point so the friendly meister is filling in) So, in honor of the Paris to Roubaix race I decided to do some off-pavement work. Through the woods...
mg1.jpg=Then mother goose showed up and...
quack2.jpg=I had to put my bike between myself and the foul fowl. Fortunately I was able to fend them off.
5alive.jpg=Alas, I didn't bring any home for dinner, though I was famished enough to hallucinate. I made it to Lake Natomas, stopped to stretch and eat my handful of peanuts when...
roubaix3.jpg=alongside the bridge to
duck.jpg=I was suddenly surrounded.
touristass.jpg=Here we have a bird tourist love-in a la 1965.
roubaix4.jpg=these fertile flat lands.
cerveza.jpg=THE END
touristas.jpg=easier targets. I heard the Japanese tourists screaming 'Go-zeera!' as they were stampeded.