Springtime and planting season. Second best time to be in Korea, and it’s a close second at that (to fall and the harvest). We’d been going south so much lately that I decided it was time to go east to BIG.STONE.FACE. I’d drawn the route sometime last year from my recollection, and I wasn’t thinking much back then — just exploring and seeing if there was a way to new miles out in that area (and there was). But I didn’t remember until yesterday that I stuck a couple of big climbs closer to the end. That, combined with oncoming heat (getting into the 70s and sunny, which tends to be warm on a climb when you’re going significantly slower) kind of wore me out. I think it wore us all out. But still, some absolutely beautiful roads and things to see. I never regret it…
Bonus section one — the art I saw along the way:
Bonus section two — some of the flowers I saw along the way:
