Took the 850 out on our Delaware and Lehigh trail (as in the rivers it follows). Lovely cool air this morning, no wind and a pretty frisky Lehigh river due to the amount of rain recently. Then I rode past these.
When I first saw these Mountain Laurel in bloom, marching down the steep hills along the Blue Ridge Parkway, many years ago, they reminded me of Hannibals elephants crossing the Alps then coming down the steep hills into Italy on their way to Rome. Weird huh? Ever since, when I see them in early summer I think of Hannibal's Elephants. Guess that says something about my mental acuity. Otherwise a very pleasant ride in the shade on a surface that is as close to pavement as you can get, due to the mine tailings used in the construction. A very fast blast through the woods.