Amish buggies

i rode my bicycle this morning.
Hunter and i participated in a fund-raiser
for the Lancaster Bike Club, along
with 3,000 other enthusiasts of
all ages, mostly middle-aged to
older. I did see the young kids
riding their fat tire bicycles and
their smiles of pride were wide open
and genuine.
Because the 62 mile route (it was
a metric century) was designed to
follow rural roads, there was an
enormous amount of horse poop
on the asphalt. Why? We were
riding in Amish country, on a Sunday
morning, when that community was
traveling to Services and we saw
dozens of buggies, all horse drawn,
with young Amish children watching the
lycra-clad English riding alongside
and passing their transport. It's cool,
too, to go over the covered bridges.
Our course took us through 7 such bridges,
several re-built from prior flood damage.
Thankfully, the heavy rains didn't materialize
until after Hunter & I were safely inside
my van, considering a mocha frappe at the
nearby McDonald's. Our road time was
3 1/2 hours. We had fun.