I cannot easily describe the bliss that ensues from jumping into a huge pile of very crunchy leaves on a wondrously beautiful fall afternoon. Maybe this photo captures it, I’m not sure. And when your leaf-group is later joined by a mother of two toddlers (yes, she did jump in with us after failing to persuade her toddlers to do so), you feel the immense joy of letting go of worries and just playing and becoming one with nature. The journeys that these bike rides take us on.
Photo background story: For our regular readers, you’ll notice that in our Oct 25 post (titled “Fall Foliage + Bikes”) there is a majestic fall-coloured tree in the background. Today we passed by the same area and to our utmost sadness found that all the leaves were gone and the tree with its many branches looked very dead. I almost grieved. Then I mentioned how fun it would be to jump in a huge pile of leaves and the rest of was history. Left to right: Lucie, Ye, Jane.