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Bear Fountain Bicycle Shadows

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Went on a bike ride a few days ago and stopped at my favorite rest spot. I call it the Bear Fountain on Tulsa’s RiverParks Trails. All that falling water off the fountain is very peaceful. That day there was a strong wind from the south so I started at the north end of the trail and fought the wind all the way south. What a slog!! Thing was, after I rested up here at the fountain I went back north, I felt like I was flying back to my car!!

Wishing you a strong wind pushing you forward today!

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Shadowshot Sunday – First of March Edition

The last day of February was warm, it got up to over 80F so I declared it to be a short sleeve shirt and shorts day.

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Several days earlier it was a lot cooler. Here’s a shadowy character coming to put some food on the tray and replenish the water.

Yesterday I was geocaching in a local park. I found about five caches and a few shadows including this one of a swing overlooking a nice view of the Arkansas River.

And a nearby roadside memorial.

And some curvy shadows left by these hard as a rock lounges on a former bridge converted to an event space. Yep, that’s a thing and it works well.

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Warm, Shadowy, February Days

A bicycle shadows at the start of a bike ride on Tulsa’s RiverParks Trails. 15 miles and it was all good. Most bicyclists I know don’t think 15 miles is even a decent warmup. I love 15 miles myself.

Out on a hike on Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain I found me a shadow selfie.

It’s a plastic ammo box laying on its side.

I’m a geocacher. Turkey Mountain has a geocache hidden in a hole in a cliff that I can see but cannot get to it. I’m a purist. If I can’t hold the cache, open it, and sign the log then I am not going to claim a find. They need to have another category such as “seen but couldn’t get to.” I got lots of those. Caches up in trees and such that I can’t reach. If I had somebody with me, then sure I’d try using ropes. The cache above is in a pretty remote area. If I fell and broke something and if I couldn’t get cell phone signal then I’d be in tough shape. Of course if I fell and was able to get help, my wife might kill me for being so dumb. So its kind of a lose/lose proposition. Meanwhile I’ll keep on checking on it. Maybe some critter will knock it out to the ground and then I could sign the log.

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Through the Magic Portal

A “Moon Gate” to a trail system here in Tulsa. I think they are kind of cool. Like symbolically passing into another dimension. My hiking friend hates them and walks around them. This time I noticed afterward it made an oval shadow. If I was more on the ball I could have captured more of the oval than what I did.

And on the other side of the moongate, we got these shadows on the trail. This was the Thursday before the polar vortex and the temp was in the high 50’s.

Winter Storm Fern

Now it is about 7F and we have a few inches of snow. What a difference a day or two makes!

Stay warm folks!!

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Tulsa Edition

This is our Pomeranian, Kodi. He is not in a crate, he is next to a screen keeping him out of the room next door. He found a sunny spot on a cold day.

Went on a bike ride on Tulsa’s Arkansas RiverParks Trails. Stopped to rest up here a little and noticed my big shadowy wheel.

A winter hike on Turkey Mountain. There are no leaves left so the sun cast shadows of the trees across the trail.

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