Easter Sunday

Yesterday was a pretty full day. It started when I went for about a 3 hour bike ride. Across from my neighborhood is a bike trail, and I followed it out to a really big trail through some of the back country. I came to an area on top of a hill that was a bike park (accessible only by foot or bike) with a BMX track, and some mounds with big rock formations on the top. It gave a good view of the city and the surrounding area.

I then biked down through a few other community parks and then to the center of town. Everything was closed, so I continued on to a park I had been to, but I didn't realize that last time I had gone, I had only seen a corner of it. I rounded a corner and it opened up to a HUGE Victorian garden and park, with a stage, pond, large field, aviary, clock tower, ice cream store, skate park, basketball courts, etc. It is really nice, and it just made me think "Oh so THAT'S where my tax money goes." I even saw 2 guys in kilts, a first since I have moved here. After that I started making a long trek around to my house. In the process, I passed by a mansion/castle. Looking at the house, it appears to be a mansion, but its surrounded by the wall and even has the corner tower. And what does a man who has his own castle drive? Amongst other things, an Avalanche. As you can imagine, that's not a production European vehicle.

Once I got home, I decided to take the car out and wash it. I haven't washed it before, so it gave me a chance to find out about all of the scratches and dings I didn't know about. I also waxed it, cleaned the rims, and shined the tires. That much effort, I figure it deserves a pic as well.

All in all, I really good Easter. Oh, and today is Easter Monday (seriously) so I am going to use the 4 day weekend to go site seeing.