March Breakup

So Tuesday was a real nice day to put the battery back in the 1150GS and go for afternoon tea.

It was really sunny, I had the camera with me and but waited till the return trip at the back end of the afternoon to stop and see what the ice on the Mississippi river was doing.
Blakeney is a nice spot to view the river close up so the following images are just a very few of what I took from the single track bridge and picnic area access.

A little side stream like this only happens in the spring

Occasionally an ice and snow bridge happens, nice for the small animals, (until it inevitably collapses).

Never have figured out what this is near the parking area!

Pretty thin ice

Interesting what an obstrution will do the the flow of water.
So now need to find time to look at all my images and see which ones to print , maybe in monochrome!

Lets see how that works out, next time then.

Spring into another Spring

Well its been a while but that should prove I have not been idle!

The log pile is getting low and the sun is getting higher, 9C today and this is my second weeks of Sunday rides.
The new to me KLR (last fall) sprung into life last week right after reinstalling the battery, nice!.
Maintenance work soon but first a ride or two.Oh yes I did the tires and checked oil levels and lubed the chain of course David, Ha Ha.
The GS is next on the list to get some fresh air.

The winter was busy with the Christmas season at work and some very fun days of kite activity either with the snowboard or ski's, really getting comfortable with the board now, just like floating on hot butter almost :-))

Now we are into the season of browns and greys with some white overtones, and with the expectation of the greens to come.
Probably going to go all white again for a bit before the real spring hits us up in The Great White North.
But the longer days and fresher smelling air lifts the spirits for all at this time.

So with cups of tea on the occasional stops while on my Sunday rides we move into another season.