Along The Way

Off today, Monday, and doing things that needed to be done by

someone who had the time to do them.  I made sure that I could 

do things that I wanted to do also, like ride my bike, to start to get

rid of the insulation I'd built up over the winter.  I rode the canal

towpath from Lawrenceville to Princeton's Carnegie Lake, where 

the University's Boathouse is situated at Washington Road.  Not 

too much activity there today, just a few sculls with coach boats

driving alongside, bullhorns in hand.  

It was a typical mid-spring ride on the towpath; blustery and chilly,

with a couple of joggers and a few older Asian couples walking 

and stopping to gather spring greens on the side of the trail, which I 

imagined to be dandelions and/or plantains.  It's a bit too early for

fiddlehead ferns.  The Canada Geese couples were still a bit nervous

as I approached, sticking their tongues out and quickly waddling 

into the canal.  By May, they'll be oblivious to the passersby.

I couldn't hear their alarms as I was entranced by Roger Waters and 

then Simon and Garfunkel on my iPod.  Quite a combination, huh? 

It certainly worked for me.