i'm thankful i got to squeeze one more riding day out of this fall, couldn't have asked for a more perfect day, especially as they're calling for snow and highs in the upper 30's come monday. hit the veterans' cemetery first for some gorgeous, deserted peace and quiet; love that place, real pretty on the backside, and nobody is ever there. so while i'm sitting on the hill enjoying the sun and wind, i look down at this tree trying to figure out what this white spot is tucked up in the trees knees. at first i thought it was mushrooms, then gradually a cat's face started taking shape; so i stroll down the hill and sure enough this cat is straight chillin, tucked up & using the tree as a windbreak. instead of spookin him, i got semi close and laid out in the sun nearby, keeping up a steady conversation with him, reciprocated every other word or so with meows. after 20 minutes or so, i got ready to leave and talked him over for some loving and he was game. fat middle, but skinny haunches leads me to believe that he is surviving on birds and voles in the fields surrounding the cemetery. little to hassle him there, other than a weekly mower, hawks and perhaps a coyote or two...can't be too bad of a life, he seemed very contented. nice interlude but i had more miles to eat up.
wandered semi-lost in the south harpeth area then made my way up the bluffs through kingston springs to a lil coffee house up in white bluff for lunch and more joe, then a little hiking in a part of montgomery bell i'd never visited before. i emerge from the woods when a gal all decked out in wedding gown practically runs up, skirt hiked, and begs me to let them use the bike in their photo shoot, haha. guess la cucaracha will now forever be part of someone else's cherished memories too...
creepy crawling white bluff
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it's gonna be an excruciatingly depressing winter without the bike. get word to april to rescue me...
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