I was torn (being a little melodramatic here) between doing some core workout at the track or going for a bike ride. After two weeks of hotter than hot days, I felt I needed a break from humidity.
I have made a list of places I want to reach by bicycle. Emerald Necklace trail is one of them. Emerald Necklace is a group of 1,100 acres of nine parks linked by parkways and waterways. I ran a few times at Arboretum which I truly enjoyed it, but not exploring the place on the wheels.
Last week I rode from Southie and took a turn onto Summer Street. Out of curiosity I turned onto Drydock Avenue. Before long I was standing opened mouth staring at US Naval Ship Watkins. As I peddling my bike along the ship I was wondering, "where is the other end of the ship?" Later at home, I looked up on US Naval Watkins. The length of the ship is 950 feet. Lets say an average height of one story building is 12 feet. It's like I climbed 79 story-building. No wonder it seemed forever before I got to the end of the ship.
I didn't stay long though. Besides the big ship there wasn't much to see. I hopped back on my bicycle and headed toward waterfront.
Riding a bike alone I found shares some similarities with running alone. A solitude, a quiet mind, and a spontaneous decision that I place on the top.
When I stopped for lunch at rest area about a hundred meters away from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, I chose a bench that closest to the water. I was fascinated by these geese tentativeness of cleaning themselves. With their beaks, they swiped, cleaned and brushed the same spot over and over.
I timed each of these geese which took between 90 seconds to 2 minutes to clean each part of their body. Once they completed the task they moved to a new spot. And the process would start all over again. Hmmm......how long do I take to scrub my body when I am in a shower? And when I am in a hurry I cut short the process.
I can rationalize my actions by saying, "Well, they are geese. They don't have appointment to go to, they don't have paper work to meet the date line, they don't .....bla,bla,bla,bla. But that's not the point.
If the geese can talk or if I were able to understand goose language, they'd probably know more about their anatomy than I know, say , which part of human body has the most bones?
It's the most beautiful sight. With graceful movement, graceful standing on one leg, the goose dipped it's beak in it's feathery shoulder blace and rested.
By the way, human hands have the most bones. 27 bones in each hand.
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