The Great Outdoors

Sometimes it’s a really nice day and I can’t wait to get outside on my bike and experience the world up close and personal… but somehow other things get in the way and I miss the whole sunshine and fresh air experience…

Fresh Air

Well, I guess this is a an”experience” too.

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  • Lee Hollenbeck June 14, 2012  

    I too notice smells on the bike. Honeysuckle in bloom just after a rain shower. I get to ride through some parks/ conservation areas on my way from Wilmington to Brighton. Woods and flowers and ponds and such. Really enjoyable. BBQ and coffee roasters are the best.

  • Ethan Fleming June 14, 2012  

    As an epileptic, when I am recovering from a seizure my sense of smell becomes stronger than usual. One time while riding down the Bruce Freedman Trail to get to work a bakery was cooking some stuff at the same time and I could smell it about a quarter of a mile away.

    • Claire Petersky June 14, 2012  

      When I was working in downtown Seattle, I could smell the bakeries up on the Hill working away – sometimes bread, sometimes donuts. On the reverse ride home, the Chinese noodle factories would be pouring out that starchy smell of 10,000 noodles being processed.

      • Ethan Fleming June 18, 2012  

        Wow
        Well I guess it is not a bad thing as long as it is something that smells good.

  • BikepathCountry June 14, 2012  

    It’s so true! There’s nothing like taking a deep breath and expecting to suck in the freshness of the outdoors, only for your nose and lungs to be bombarded with exhaust, cigarette smoke, and all those other ‘pleasant contaminants’. The sun is still there though!!

  • Frank June 14, 2012  

    I hardly notice the “fresh air smells” on the street.
    Probably because my sense of smell is butchered by my work on a factory. 🙁

  • calin June 14, 2012  

    Brilliant post!

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