Smelling the frozen roses

Truth be told it’s been hard to get out on regular ol’ bimbles out my front door. We’ve been keeping the dream alive with weekly trail sessions, but I’ve been lacking the motivation to just go out and ride in Detroit. I blame the cold weather, the wind, the lack of activation energy. Then when I do go on a ride I tend to just use it as “exercise”— meaning I go out to just get it over with.

But yesterday I went for my usual local loop and decided to stop at the river for a good 10 minutes. The ice moving on the river was entrancing, and the sound mesmerizing. I wasn’t even cold.

I need to do this more often.