#2: My first bike ride around the lake

Yesterday, I decided to ride my bike around Gull Lake.  It's a 12-mile trip around the perimeter of the lake, and it's full of hills, amazing waterfront houses, and the occasional turtle and squirrel crossing my path.  You might be saying to yourself, "What's the big deal?  A 12-mile bike ride?  I could do that, no problem."  This ride is only notable because back issues have kept me off my bike for the past two years, and it's been difficult to fill that void with other activities.  I LOVE riding my bike, especially up hills.  It's my happy place because I get to see things from a different, slower pace and angle, because it affords me time to not think or think, depending on what I need.  My ride yesterday was slow and painful physically because I'm not in "bike shape," but it was just what my spirit needed.