"Unseasonably Warm", is how the local weatherman likes to describe the weather we've been having this new year. I've always said our winters are difficult to predict. This particular afternoon my only committment was to be outside and to engage in an enjoyable activity. Being like my father in so many ways it didn't surprise me when he called in the morning wanting to go ride bicycles around Bass Lake. I quickly agreed!
Many locals and visitors enjoy the Summer time recreation of Bass Lake, but few experience the lovliness it has to offer in the "off" season. As we safely wound our way around the uncongested roads, the vast shoreline seemed to display the lake's vulnerability by exposing what is normally hidden by water. There are a few others taking advantage of this less populated state; some excersizing dogs, fathers and sons flying remote controlled aiplanes and always a family or two can be seen gathered for a barbeque.
As we made our way past the Forks and Millers Landing restaurants, currently closed for the season, we can't help but to recall the scrumtious cheeseburgers and milk shakes we had savored just a few months prior. Even with the stillness of the water, disrupted only by an occasional breeze we can see a single fishing boat appreciating the solitude.
With our ride complete and on our way home, we agree to do this again...as long as the weatherman keeps with the magical phrase "unseasonably warm".
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