watch out buddy!

scotia rides in the past week have been quite eventful.
while a mr. roman sighting is all to be expected in the woods...
a GIANT FLOCK OF FRIGGIN turkeys... not so much.

it is the season but imagine...
riding through a grassy meadow and seeing them from afar...
frolicking, feathers blowing in the wind, chest out - strutting their stuff - 20 or so deep. thank goodness for us, i don't think they were packing.

from afar we made eye contact... it was just us - 2 kick ass cyclist-chicks on our specialized rides - and them.

one look and they were off - into and through the woods to the old rail road bed where we were inevitably going to pop out. they were up to something and we knew it.

down the trail we went - and in the distance, across the trail went they. they started to run.

we continued to ride... 10 or so dispersed into the dense woods... the rest bolted up the trail. one by one they peeled off... but we continued on - and they continued upping their pace in front of us down the wide open trail. and then there were 5... 4... 3... 2...1.... and none. they all disappeared into the woods and just like that they were gone.

on the way home the two specialized rides went their separate ways... i ventured down the bike path ... while cruising down through a wooded tract, a squirrel came out of no where - across the path, i slowed, then back towards me and right in front of my wheel - he about-faced!

SCREEEECH. i have to say that i've never "burned rubber" on my bike before - this was a first. it actually made noise. and OMG his tail was SO CLOSE to my front tire.

thank goodness... off he went into the woods and off i went. close call.
i guess it was just one of those days in the woods - where all of the animals come out to play.