4hrs of ot, then the highway

couldn't wait to bust out of work and hit the road while the gettin's good. one more riding day!!! managed to get warm enough to ride about noon, totally wasn't expecting this. wandered west of town and aimlessly kept turning up smaller jankier country roads in the hills south of i-40, west of town, then headed over to pfisters house for a smoke break. good thing too, he talked me into going to a place he and his daughter had just gotten back from. i've stopped at it and pulled in the lot many times, last saturday in fact, but have never talked myself into getting off the bike long enough to hike down the trail. never knew how far down the trail the "lakes" were, and there is never anyone in the p-lot to ask, nor is there any info on the info kiosk they built, so never knew how long the hike was. hidden lakes state wildlife area is my newfound favorite park. two old rock quarries tucked up in the woods right off mccrory. nobody was there hardly, saw maybe 4 other folks, and the bigger of the 2 quarries is peaceful as all hell; had it to myself for better part of an hour; tossing rocks and watching the ripples in the sunlight. it's actually across the river from the veterans cemetery i always go to for solitude; freaking gorgeous. and of course i'd left the camera behind...good thing brian had a phone this morn, i stole his shot off fb. much props, ya grumpy bastid.