New River Trail Ride - Galax, Virginia

Back at home this evening...

There was plenty of park-like areas to explore too!

Scenes from a bike ride and Easter Cookie finish!

I put the finishing bunny-tail touches on

my Easter cookies super-early this morning!

Why? Because on the way home from work on Friday I bought a bike!

So there was a bike ride on my agenda this morning!

I haven't ridden a bike outside in many, many years!

Spin bikes, yes. All the time! But outside, where bikes can tip over, no!

So after I finished playing with my Bunny-Bun cookies...

I loaded my bike into the truck and took off!

My friend and I began our trek on a recreational trail near

home but it was only 2.9 miles, which was not nearly enough!

So we headed over to another trail, which we learned

was pedestrian only... A bunny-trail, you might say!

Finally, we made our way over to Salem Lake

Which turned out to be just what we were looking for!

It was a beautiful Spring day for a bike ride!

There's no kayaking at Salem Lake until the new dam is complete...

Open. Open. Open!

We had a blast on our ride!

Beautiful scenery, wildlife...

And lots of other nice people doing the same thing we were!

On the way home we passed this field and just had to stop to stare...

Have you seen anything sweeter today?

Oh, my!

Except for the electric fence, this little honey would have been mine!

By the time I made it home, five hours later... My bunny-tails were dry!

So I packed them up for their trip to work in the morning!

It's always so hard to let them go...

But that's what they're for!

Happy Easter Week with Love to You!