Today I enjoyed a fabulous 100km road bike ride out into the foothills south of Calgary. I rode from home, taking the bike path down 37st out to 22x. The lighting was stunning with brilliant blue skies, bright yellow fields of Canola, and the snow capped mountains in the distance. A large Hawk dive bombed me, coming within about 3 feet of hitting me. I heard later that a cyclist was knocked off his bike a few years ago by a large Hawk, and ended up breaking a few bones in the crash.
I met up with John and rode over the 'Road to Nepal' to Plumbers Road. We saw a huge deer with a giant rack prancing through the fields. We also heard a chorus of coyotes, howling at a farm dog just to piss him off. What a great ride in one of the most spectacular areas of the foothills.
