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Which WAY?

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Originally uploaded by sunspotting.

June 25, AWESOME training ride!!! Just 4 of us: Mel, Sam Bell, Rick, and me. From Gordon Park on the East Side of Cleveland (where MLK Blvd meets Lake Erie) to the Zoo and back. This picture was taken at our first pitstop, when Sam tried (unsuccessfully this time) to adjust Mel's seat. We both got our seats adjusted (great ribald jests rose from that, and other things...) (GREAT ride) during the course of this ride, and our lives improved dramatically.

In the meantime, I found the signage at this intersection a bit profound.

The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (see sidebar to the right -- you might have to scroll way down -- but I have a link to our zoo because it is a place that inspires me). What a place for a turnaround. If we hadn't had other plans that afternoon, I'd've been all over staying for the rest of the day. I love this place. And as we were refilling water bottles, a docent came out of The Rainforest with a large and brightly colored parrot. Know what else I love about this place? This gorgeous display of leafy fan foliage is NOTHING on what is displayed within. That's right. It's not merely a ZOOlogical park, it's PHYTOlogical and HORTICULTUROlogical, too. They do not discriminate against lifeforms. The animals and plants (and the stuff in and on which they live) are inextricably interconnected: a lesson we should be mindful of daily.

Anyway, those good looking folk smiling for the cameraphone are Rick, Mel, and Sam, l2r. The plants didn't smile, but they did wave.