Sunday Road Ride

Felt like I hadn't ridden the road bike in a bit, and wasn't all that chipper this morning (i.e. not up to the intensity of MTB) so I decided to do a long, slow road ride today.

Rolled out the door, up along the Yahagi River (features in most of the photos/ maps from the 1000km of August). Headed for Yahagi Dam, about 35km from home, a nice very easy gradient the whole way.

I took my camera, and am glad I did as the colours were specktaklyer. In fact I think I wasted almost an hour of the ride taking photos, and got a few good ones. My little camera is capable of taking nice pics, it just has its limitations (in particluar coping with mixed light), so I'll only post the ones that came out really nicely.

This one in particular, at the turn-around bridge up above the dam is one of the better photos I've taken in a while.
The maples are pretty colourful right now too.
Spying on my bike during my lunch break.
I found this old house along the way - very decrepit and abandoned now, but once upon a time someone had repapered the screens with newspaper. Seen muuuch better days, and not the clearest of photos, but I thought it was worth snapping.
All in all a nice cruisy 80km with lots of photo stops. Legs are feeling it now, but the head is clear.

Bikes are fun.