While the rest of the household were asleep and the Manotick Inn was moving and swaying to the beat of the household guests' snoring, Uncle Marvin, Uncle Pilo and I snuck out for a bike ride.
Other than the fact that we love and enjoy riding, we also wanted to escape the chores associated with breakfast preparation for 20 or more people. ;-)
The route of this morning's ride was decided just as we mounted our bikes - ride to Hogs Back Rd. or Ave. or St. via Prince of Wales.
Undulating roads (TDF inspired word) of Manotick and some wind made the ride even more interesting to our knees. Oh, let's not forget the flat tire Uncle Marv had, but thanks to our speedy roadie, Speedy Felino, a spare tube was put back in place of the punctured one, air pumped into it, in no time flat ;-)
It was a beautiful sunny and warm morning perfect for a bike ride for the tres amigos bisiklistas.
From Hogs Back we rode through the 'Experimental Farm'; we're still not sure what kind of experiments they do over there. On one stretch of the bike path I noticed this sorry looking creature up ahead which I thought was a dog, all alone by itself, no one walking along side it- it turned out to be a cat. Then there's this person on a bike who we could not figure out whether it was male or female, LOL ;-) I just hope that we did not breath too much of the air around the farm, hehehehe.
On the way back we stopped by a Timothy coffee shop for some caffeine transfusion, some sugar as well through a single raspberry muffin the three of us shared. We also stopped by a Filipino owned and operated store on the way back to the Manotick Inn where, among other things, advertised on the store window, was "cow foot'. The heat and the undulating roads were starting to zap our energy so we decided to go inside and pick up a couple of pop soft drinks and we were pleasantly surprise to find out they had Sarsi (root beer like drink from the Philippines) in their cooler. So that was a treat in itself. We were burping as we rode back home ;-), must be highly carbonated that Sarsi, but it was goooood.
In all, we rode for 45 kilometers and some on this beautiful Sunday morning.
We did escape preparing, cooking breakfast but breakfast almost escaped from us, there were a few pieces of breakfast sausages, scrambled eggs, and rice left for the weary bisiklistas, but, lots of coffee, it wasn't so bad after all.
by the restrooms at Hogs Back park, my hair soaking wet from sweat
Uncle Mrvin showing off his new cycling jersey and knicker 'capri' bib ;-)
Kodak (kodakan) moments
caffeine and sugar transfusion stop at Timothy's Coffee Shop along Woodroffe Rd.
Tito Lits
bright sunshine reflecting off the coffee shop's chair
and finally
loyal cycling fans that we took on a shopping spree at the Bayshore Mall's 'Dollar Store" ;-)
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