Riding, Dinner, Riding

This was last Friday, the 27th.  We did an out and back on Mercer Island, so we were able to ride both sides of all of the hills.  Without referencing ambient temperatures, and incurring the wrath of people in the mid west who are melting, I would like draw your attention to what Jim is wearing.  In July.

 

Issaquah has a good sized Farmer's Market on Saturdays.  In addition to vegetables, they have some good food vendors.  These are Golden Beets.  We walked over to the market, that day's key learning was to bring a good bag for carrying food.  Beets are heavy!

 

Walla Walla Sweets.

 

Mainly radishes.

 

Saturday night the COs had three couples over for dinner.  Kim brought this bottle of wine she acquired in Spain.  It was really good.

 

Eggplant and zucchini brought by Chris and Roseann. Look at the beauty of that huge copper tray.  Vicki made a magnificent leg of lamb stuffed with feta and garlic, but none of my pictures of it were attractive.

 

Which brings us to today and a bike ride in the Carnation Valley.  We saw these hanging in a huge pile of black berry vines.  I'm not sure whose fruit these are.

 

Jake Groeneweg is selling out his 93 acres.  He used to run a lot of dairy cattle, but they're all gone.  I think he might be, too.  We wonder what will become of the land.  Much of it floods every year, so we're hoping the evil developers don't cover it in new houses.

 

When we got back to the truck, we saw more horses in the river.  We think it's a class.  Notice the light colored horse on the left, he was very comfortable in the water, and at times appeared to be swimming.

 

The horse on the far right seemed to have grave doubts about the wisdom of going in the water.

 

Eventually he was convinced to get wet.  The two in the back mainly stood there with people splashing them with water.

 

We saw the water buffalo in their field on the way back to the car, so we're happy to see them again.