OT Smell'n the roses.....sort of......

[carbonman]

Doug and I did a bike path ride around Denver yesterday.
80 miles 5:15' Saddle time.
All the hard climbing is done.
We're as ready as we will ever be for TBP.

It was a sunny day. We stopped a lot, just to enjoy.
With all the rain, every living thing is exploding, like we haven't seen in years.

These "weeds" were mixed in w/a lot of thistles.


Thistle close up.

....I said....a lot of thistles.

.....and the big boomers building over the mountains.

[BleepingBeauty]

Nice pics, as usual, carbonman.

The white flowers are Prickly Poppies, and the thistle is New Mexico Thistle. Both of them grow freely everywhere here. Pretty to look at, painful to deal with.

[carbonman]

The white flowers are Prickly Poppies, and the thistle is New Mexico Thistle.
Both of them grow freely everywhere here. Pretty to look at, painful to deal with.

Cool! I knew someone would know what they are.

Thank you!

[Muse-Inc]

Lovely images carbonman, lovely. Thanks for posting.

[DyannaK]

I agree, very pretty pictures thank you for sharing

[6PtStar]

Doug and I did a bike path ride around Denver yesterday.
80 miles 5:15' Saddle time.

Wow, I am impressed!! Thats a good ride even when I was younger and did some riding. Wish you would send some of that rain down here. Was 102 again here and have not had rain in so long I have almost forgotten what it looks like. All I did was hide from the heat.

Jerry