In the high cotton
2004-10-17 16:43:32.899555+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Went down to Fresno Friday afternoon to pick up our new toy, a few month old Cannondale tandem with skinny tires, disk brakes, and "brifters" that we bought from Charlene's brother. Back in high school I had amassed a fund for a bicycle. One of the shops I was frequenting had one of the first mountain bikes. I decided on a road bike, later left the road bike behind, and since then I've been mountain biking and started to wonder what it was that had attracted me to the skinny tires.
When we got this beast home yesterday, took it out Butterfied Gap Road, and cranked it up to speed, it all became clear. It's raining here in Marin this morning, but I think this afternoon we're still going to crank over White's Hill and head out into the San Geronimo valley to give it a shakeout.
But that's not why I started this entry... We drove down on Friday evening, and on the way caught one of the late cotton fields:
