I decided to take the back road home and stopped along the river trail near my house. The scene is very peaceful. Locust trees in full bloom and smelling sweet.
On My Way Home From Work
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Very nice! I have a favorite park a couple miles from my house where I like to go hiking with my dog. Lots of wildlife including waterfowl and alligators.
OH YEAH! Whenever I'm stressed out and I need a good ride before going home, this song rolls through my head as I leave work.
As a fellow rider friend says, "I know at least dozen ways to get home in 200 miles or less."
The road I typically ride runs the entire width of Lewiston about a mile south of the city limits. I can join the road by heading straight south then turning left or right. If I turn right, I ride through a shallow canyon along Tammany Creek (oddly enough, it's called Tammany Creek Road) winding my way past alfalfa fields and cattle ranches for about 9 miles till I reach the Snake River and cross over to get home. There is another access to Tammany Creek by going down behind the airport (the route I took this evening) that puts you at the beginning of the windy part.
If I go left, I ride Tammany Creek until it turns into Webb Rd. Which climbs out of one canyon and into another. Webb Rd. ends at Hwy 95 a couple miles past Lapwai (which is where Walt Disney's wife Lillian is from). I ride Hwy 95 north to the Clearwater River just east of Lewiston. I take this route when I really want to open up my throttle and get some wind in my face. I take the highway into North Lewiston and ride past the ports north of Lewiston and Clarkston to cross the Snake River on the west end of Clarkston before heading home. This ride is about 40 miles.
Like I said, this afternoon I took the shorter of the Tammany Creek options but once I crossed into Clarkston, I turned off on to a narrow street that runs back under the bridge and along the river. Right now, the locust trees are in full bloom and their scent is HEAVENLY. Black locust belongs to the sweet pea family, so it's blossom clusters resemble sweet peas in look and smell.
BTW I've always loved this tune since it was first released as a single in 1979. I had just been moved from Oregon back to California and I had a lot of crazy things I had to overcome. See my testimony. I'd often sit in my room listening to the radio late into the evening trying to unwind. I loved it when the song would wind down sounding like a space ship coming in for a landing. A weird way to end a song but a very satisfying conclusion. I think back to those evenings and my blood pressure drops a few points. THANKS.
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My wife and I used to have our favorite spot in Murfreesboro down by the Stones River. Lots of wildlife, and plenty of beautiful scenery. Of course, for us, it wasn't "the long way home" since it was right behind our apartment complex.
Actually the picture I posted is within walking distance of our house. I arrived there after taking one of my long way home routes. (The shortest one TBH)
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Was there by any chance, a "van down by the river" where you went? Pastoral scenes like that can bring alot of pleasure and peace.
Do you live by the coast, possibly? I know that that are must be very nice.
Do you live by the coast, possibly? I know that that are must be very nice.
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Murfreesboro! That's a famous city in fundamental circles, isn't it? I will never forget one time I went to a two week Sign Language class there at the Bill Rice Ranch. Dr Bill Rice's son, Ronnie was such a ham, I remember. But it really cost me because while I was there, my transmission went out on my car. That was a very memorable time because it was JUST AS Reagan was taking office and those evil Iranians were scurrying to give us back our hostages. I had several college friends that grew up there.
But to get back on theme, I'm remember that that area did, indeed, have plenty of beautiful scenery as I sure Washington does too.
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Yes, it's a famous (or should I say "infamous" IFB city! The Sword of the Lord, Franklin Road Baptist Church, the Bill Rice Ranch, Middle Tennessee Baptist Church (Pastor Tony Hutson, Curt Hutson, the late Sword publisher/president's son), and some other well-known IFB considerations here. I went to the BRR several times during my youth back in the 70s. When my wife and I moved here in '95, we lived a block-and-a-half from the Sword offices. We attended Franklin Road Baptist Church for a short time...it was a great church (and still is) but had its challenges, probably too many at the time we went there. The Rice family was, and still is, loved here in this area. We even have a road off of TN Rt 96 named John R Rice Blvd.
You're probably aware of this but I'll say it anyway, where I live in Washington is the east side. In fact, the the opposite bank in that picture is in Idaho.
Our beauty here is not forrests and greenery, though they aren't far away, our beauty here is rugged river canyons. Basalt cliffs that absolutely take your breath away. Of course, as a biker, my attention is drawn to the world class riding these canyons offer.
I do, however, want to get over to the Smokey Mountains and ride those highways. My wife has never been east of Butte Montana and I want to take her to the South.