Thanksgiving ride and thoughts

Got out today on a solo ride out in the country. I remembered in the old days how we had HUGE rides on days like today. Nowadays we are busier and must travel longer distances to be with family and friends. I took some back roads and enjoyed the silence, the lack of traffic and almost felt older. IT was crisp with a gentle dusting of snow that calmly fell on the recently tilled ground. The Salsa was again on duty and I am also starting to bust out the Lake Winter boots. I spent the later part of the day thinking of future rides, bike builds and also of how much I hate to drive. The TV at the in laws was an incessant bombardment of ads for the Cookoos that will melt their cards tomorrow at the registers. I plan on buying nothing and hopefully will put a atomic particle size dent in the economy that is so based on consuming. Hey, lets get out there and do something about it. Ride your bikes on Black Friday but beware of the evil Shopper.
out,
Ari