I was biking every day when I was renting an Air B&B for a week in Azalia Park Florida. The trail head was maybe a mile away and the trail followed a winding river. It was a great day to get up every morning.
I don’t know why but twice I stopped to sketch a construction site along the trail. I suppose I like seeing the way man stripes the landscape especially in a place as beautiful as the Little Econ Trail. Black plastic sheets hanging from wooden stakes marked the perimeter of the site. This haphazard fencing didn’t block any view and made he site appear more like a garbage dump than some sort of improvement project.
The Greenway Trail that I was riding on followed the river for several miles. Only once was it necessary to cross a roadway. I considered looking for homes along this Greenway trail, but the area was also plagued by the sounds of airplanes landing at the Orlando International Airport. I printed out a map and circled areas that suffered from loud airplane engines.
In other air B&B’s I stayed in I was plagued by the sounds of gas powered leaf blowers. It seems every weekend warrior has to use as loud a leaf blower as possible to announce to their neighbors that they are going through the motions to keep up appearances. Some day I would like to host a leaf blower parade where hundreds of people walk around Lake Eola in Orlando Florida with their leaf blowers on full blast.