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Old 07-23-13 | 10:22 AM
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berner
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From: Bristol, R. I.

Bikes: Specialized Secteur, old Peugeot

Not today but last Sunday. Loaded up the bike with a touring load (25 pounds) and rode 44 miles by way of training for an upcoming short tour. It is common to see all sorts of wildlife, even in fairly populous areas. Even in rural upstate New York, where I grew up, I'd never seen wild turkey but they are everywhere now. Saw some crossing a parking lot at the supermarket recently. Ducks, geese and swans are underfoot along the bike path and deer graze on peoples lawns. Just recently a mountain lion was killed by a car along a road in Connecticut where one has not been seen in 100 years. Sunday, I had stopped momentarily along a fairly busy state highway and suddenly noticed, ahead about 75 yards, two good sized hogs grazing by the roadside. No idea where they came from as there was no farm near by. They seemed to be completely unconcerned by auto traffic but when I started up again they ran away in a panic. I evidently look bad on my bike.
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