route: Northerly W->E meander to Donges Bay (no Hill) with Upper River Rd. loop
time & distance: 1:41, 26.5 mi.
critter report: 1 fuzzy-antlered deer, 6 bunnies (better!), 3 ducks
Ah...Wednesday morning dawns with a promise of a lovely pre-work ride. Owl and Monkey set off northwards and, despite just a slightly pesky north wind now and again, the conditions were nearly perfect.
Monkey didn't quite feel like taking on The Hill on Donges Bay and led his Owl around a slight detour on Upper River Road where there are one too many McMansions...good gracious, how big of a house and lawn does one really, truly need? Case in point. It never ceases to amaze Owl that people probably pay a great deal to have a lawn service cut these huge plots...why bother? It would be so much nicer if they let Nature do her own work.
Once again, Owl counts the blessing that is Virmono Park (yeah, yeah...she knows now that it really is Virmond, but it will always be Virmono in her brain). While making their customary pitstop, Owl and Monkey came upon this trio, a male duck and his "harem"...might it be Mequon's very own polygamist sect? It would have been something had the females donned some fundy fashion!
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Well, Papa Duck would have to cover that gaudy green head of his with a modest straw hat lest he commit sins of vanity!
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