Today we rode another part of the Poudre River Trail. This time we biked through the Duran Family section in Greeley. The land had been in the Duran family since the 1930's and was farmed for livestock, vegetables and alfalfa. Some of that type of farming still remains today in this section of the trail. We could see the dark green waters of the Poudre River at various places of the cement path.
Other parts of the ride brought us over a railroad trestle, past a huge rock quarry and along rows of ripening corn.
Around one of the curves was a herd of cattle. Apparently, the barbed wire fence had little effect on this brown bovine, who was intent on reaching for the tall spiky grass on the other side.
I tried talking to her, but she was in no "moo-d" for a conversation.
Below you can see that the path travels through a huge open grassy field. This would be a nice, flat place to ride a bike, right? Well, it had its hazards.
This was open range and there were a lot of cow pies to dodge along the way! I decided to keep my distance behind Don in case he ran over one of those babies! No sense in getting "pie eyed" so to speak. There was a lot of zig-zagging to do in order to miss them. Our bikes have no fenders on them and I have wound up with mud on the back of my shirt when going through mud puddles. Mud is one thing, fresh cow manure is quite another!
I was glad to get to a shadier part of the trail, away from the grazing herd of cattle.
No more cows, but this is not a place where you'd want to reach out and touch a leaf as you pass by.
About 5 feet from this sign was another:
Okay, now we have to watch out for other bikers/hikers coming around the blind corners in addition to falling rocks and poison ivy. Isn't riding a a cruising bike supposed to be fun and worry free? I just have to remind myself even the worst day of riding is 10 times better than having to go back to work again!
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