Biking Past Pinon Lake is a Treat!
I love to ride my antique 1970 Schwinn bicycle with the skinny tires. I ride over to route 160 and then to less traveled roads around Park Avenue. There is a golf cart crossing on Park Avenue, which, if you don’t steer around it, could darn well jiggle your brain loose from it’s stem if you make the mistake of riding over it, at least that is what it felt like to me when I did it. But, further on there is a nice bike path along a portion of Park Avenue which takes bicyclists like me off the road, at least for a short while. And I do enjoy riding on the smooth surface.
On my left handlebar, I have a small rearview mirror which really isn’t very adequate for seeing traffic coming up behind me. Bumps on the roads always jiggle it out of position so that it always needs to be re-adjusted. I once tried one of those little round mirrors that can be attached to one’s sunglasses, but found it also to be inadequate. Instead, perhaps I should attach a dresser mirror to the left handlebar; that way I could definitely see traffic coming up behind me!
If one is observant, Mountain Bluebirds can be seen around the field that surrounds the recreation center on Park Avenue. I never get tired of looking at these elegant birds. When I glide past Pinon Lake, it is always a pleasure because there are usually some interesting water fowl in that small lake to see. A pair of Trumpeter swans, which couldn’t believe my audacity for being in their neighborhood one day, gave me a good scolding with their swan voices. They were standing near the front corner of the lodge, peering over an evergreen at me. They are usually about sixty-five inches tall. Out of the water they look like something one should steer clear of. Besides Canadian Geese and Mallards I’ve recently seen some American Coots in and along Pinon Lake. From day to day one never knows what wildlife will show up next and that’s what makes it so interesting.
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