First off our group, growing in numbers, biked the West Orange Trail in Winter Garden. For some reason the ride seemed to go much quicker than normal. Either our egos got the better of us (cause only one of our group actually rode our bikes over the summer months (Jim)! OR, we couldn't wait to get to lunch at the Winter Garden Pizza Company! Either way, we made our rest stop and were quite surprised to hear the bike shop was selling the rental bikes at a great price. Jim was the most interested... although Pete hung in with him to check out the deal. We haven't heard if anyone was interested but it sure sounded like a deal. The bikes are seven speed and three years old and they're selling for $130.00.
Early on, Pete chatted with the shop employee. Most likely to see what was new.
As you can see, Jack was just a tad stiff and sore from the five mile half way point! With Judy's encouragement Jack made it back from the brink.
You'll all be happy to know that we all made it to lunch. Heck, ambulances or not we were determined to enjoy our lunch! Lunch was on the quiet side except for the sighs and whimpering due to our sore butts and muscles! ....Except for Jim and Judy of course, they're the only ones in shape!
We must've looked pretty rough when we pulled into the restaurant. We think they put our small group into the large dinning room to keep our sighs from affecting the rest of the customers!
Well, life goes on and the urge for pizza got the best of Buzz, Darlene, Pat and I...
we made a bee-line to......
Yummy! My Pie with red onions and green peppers! Now surely those of you who know of what I speak remember that great taste????????
Our HHR is aging gracefully. The odometer is a give away, but catching a unique milestone is something I never gave too much thought to.
But this number caught my attention.....
...not to mention the temperature!!!!
In other news, walking the dog the other day we happened to catch one of our locals catching some sun on one of our (believe it or not) cooler days.....
This fellow was completely out of the water and when I got a little too close he rose up on all fours and turned for the water. I must admit, while laying on the grass he didn't appear to be as big as he is until he turned. This guy is reaching the six foot mark!
(And yes, I held Lilly in my arms!)
Speaking of predators, one of my co-workers owns a 12 year old Yorkie. One day, in their back yard their Yorkie (Rudi, off the leash) and her husband were walking near their pool. The husband was hit by the wing of a huge hawk aiming for Rudi. Thankfully, hitting her husband caused the hawk to miss the target. Her husband said he never heard a sound as the bird dove on Rudi.
Lesson learned! Don't let small pets wander around off the leash even in the yard alone here in Florida!
And for the record....... there were no doggie bags for "My Pie!"
