Bicycling

After I was laid off at the beginning of the summer, my wife Ginny and I started going for bike rides on the Erie canal by Syracuse.  We started with just a 3 mile ride out and back.  after a couple of weeks of several rides a week, we went on a 12 mile bike ride to  Canastota, where we had lunch, then biked back.  I am now back to work with another company and I ride my bike 3 miles to work each day.  I feel much better health wise.  And we have a regular 6 mile trip out on the canal on Saturdays.  We have seen the seasons turn from late spring, and now into fall.  Often we see a great blue heron wading or slowly flying down the canal.  Early in the summer, there were geese families along the paths, with the parents hissing at us if we came close.  Ginny actually hit one by accident, as they refuesed to give us space on the canal.
We have had bikes in the past, but never did a lot of biking.  We both bought new schwinn bikes at WalMart last fall, for about $200 apiece.  And now we are in a biking phase.  So far only one  flat tire.