Happy Trails
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pshaw_ravenFox and I have been looking at different places to go bike riding lately. We have the good fortune to live next to a state forest here, so yesterday one of our ideas was to cross the forest between here and there and bike on the logging roads. These aren't perfect or ideal, but they are about as hard-packed as some of the road next to the house. Since it isn't raining much lately, the sandy stretches are very sandy and almost impossible to cross.
Our other trails are actually a happy accident - State Trails. I don't know if other states have these, but near here there are a couple of State Trails that are paved, 12-foot wide paths that follow some old railroad lines. One specifically says it follows an old Norfolk-Southern route. So there's a Palatka-St. Augustine trail and a Palatka-Lake Butler trail, and both trailheads are very close to us. One of them even goes through the nearby State Park, which also, itself, has bike trails. Right now Gold Head Branch is closed, but depending on how criminal we want to be, the gate is pretty easy to just step over. You couldn't drive a vehicle in there but it would be no trouble for a person on foot or with a bicycle to get in. BUT with the Trails open there's not as much need.
So we might head out and try one of those soon too. More adventures to be had!
There has just not been a lot going on this week. That cat poster I shared has earned me over 100 likes, which is an astronomical figure for me. Usually getting likes in double digits is a feat. But people seem to really like the three-eyed six-pawed Sphynx kitty in her cozy blankets and I'm not going to argue with them. :)
The re-opening of the state didn't seem to have had a lot of impact on Middleburg. There were a few more people out, but it was definitely not like pre-virus busy-ness levels. I also scored some toilet paper so WHOOHOO. There are still some other shortages but we're not hurting too badly for food and supplies so long as people don't start panic buying and hoarding again.
This weekend's experiment is making a biga and making pizza dough with it. Biga is a starter, and the essential thing for making breads like ciabatta. Bread flour, water, and a small amount of yeasr to get everything going, and you should be able to feed the starter and store it in the fridge when you don't need it. I'm also thinking about trying to make a chickpea flour "cheese" from a recipe on Vegan Richa. Normally I just buy Chao or something, but with supplies being what they are, they only have a few basic kinds of vegan cheeses at the stores, and no one has Chao's cayenne slices. Since I'm jonesing for quesadillas this sounded like a fun project to undertake.
Our other trails are actually a happy accident - State Trails. I don't know if other states have these, but near here there are a couple of State Trails that are paved, 12-foot wide paths that follow some old railroad lines. One specifically says it follows an old Norfolk-Southern route. So there's a Palatka-St. Augustine trail and a Palatka-Lake Butler trail, and both trailheads are very close to us. One of them even goes through the nearby State Park, which also, itself, has bike trails. Right now Gold Head Branch is closed, but depending on how criminal we want to be, the gate is pretty easy to just step over. You couldn't drive a vehicle in there but it would be no trouble for a person on foot or with a bicycle to get in. BUT with the Trails open there's not as much need.
So we might head out and try one of those soon too. More adventures to be had!
There has just not been a lot going on this week. That cat poster I shared has earned me over 100 likes, which is an astronomical figure for me. Usually getting likes in double digits is a feat. But people seem to really like the three-eyed six-pawed Sphynx kitty in her cozy blankets and I'm not going to argue with them. :)
The re-opening of the state didn't seem to have had a lot of impact on Middleburg. There were a few more people out, but it was definitely not like pre-virus busy-ness levels. I also scored some toilet paper so WHOOHOO. There are still some other shortages but we're not hurting too badly for food and supplies so long as people don't start panic buying and hoarding again.
This weekend's experiment is making a biga and making pizza dough with it. Biga is a starter, and the essential thing for making breads like ciabatta. Bread flour, water, and a small amount of yeasr to get everything going, and you should be able to feed the starter and store it in the fridge when you don't need it. I'm also thinking about trying to make a chickpea flour "cheese" from a recipe on Vegan Richa. Normally I just buy Chao or something, but with supplies being what they are, they only have a few basic kinds of vegan cheeses at the stores, and no one has Chao's cayenne slices. Since I'm jonesing for quesadillas this sounded like a fun project to undertake.
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