For the Beauty of the Earth

I could not put into better words my bike ride this afternoon than the first few verses of this song: For the Beauty of the Earth . Here's the trip info:

• Start: My apartment
• End: North entrance of Red Rocks past Morrison
• Length: 17 miles total
• Duration: Just under 1 hour travel time. I did stop to show an energy bar and watch the river for a few minutes
  
• Top Speed: 30.5 MPH, downhill of course
• Car Speed Limits Broken: managed 27 in a 25 zone (just barely missed meeting that sign close up - cars don't know how to share the road)
  
• Jerks: only one person told me to "try the sidewalk, asshole" - his truck was about to break down, so he wasn't in a good mood