This is not a great photo, but it tells a fun and
memorable event for me. The weather for
December has been mild, in the 40’s and no snow. That means I can bundle up and still take the
dog out on bike rides. You need to know
that the dog runs along side of me with a short leash. He goes pretty well around 7 miles per hour
unless distracted by some animal and then he wants to pull in whatever
direction the animal is. I need to jerk and pull on the leash to get him back
on track. We have several different
places we like to ride. Today I went on
the neighborhood run. This route takes
us around the middle school you see above.
The driveways to the middle school are on the left side of the school
and behind the school (in front of the houses you see in the picture.) As you can see, a number of geese usually
hang out around here. Sometimes there are
a few geese and sometimes a lot. You can
see they have a nice large area to roam around plus across the street which is
on the right side out of the picture, there is a pond they like to go over
to. Therefore, they roam back and forth
across the road.
On our ride this day, we were going by the houses
near the pond on the right. I could see
the geese which were not strung out as is in this picture, but they were across
the road behind the school. We turned in
on that road to go around the school as is our usual route. Some of the geese started to calmly waddle
off the road and onto the grass BUT there is always ONE goose that panics and
sets off the rest. I could see a goose
to the front left of us flap his wings and I knew, oh dear, here goes. Sure enough geese on the road in front of us
and both sides of us flew up in the air.
This time it was an amazing sensation because geese all around us flew
up and off in the direction we were heading.
With that Sebastian had to lead the chase and so here we go from 7 miles
an hour to 10 miles per hour. I had to
squeeze on my brake slightly and say “Whoa.”
But the sensation I felt was like we were going to be lifted off the
ground, just as the geese were lifting off the ground and flying by us and in
front of us. For a moment I knew what it
must feel like to drive Santa’s sleigh.
At that same moment the song “Jingle Bells” popped
into my mind….Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh. So I burst out laughing in song, “Dashing
through the snow on a one dog open bike, over the road I go, laughing all the
way…ha, ha, ha.”
It was truly a moment I wish I could have had on
video. I guess the video will always be
in my mind…a fun unforgettable moment.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
