Twitchy's Adventures into Bicycling *Photos Added*

[twisteroo]

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So you are saying that you didn't go into the bushes and tear one off?

[Twitchin Kitten]

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That's what I'm saying.

Today was a good ride! I snuck onto a couple of side trails again and lo and behold, there were Hasids everywhere! How can they dress in all those hot clothes in this humidity!?

I got to feed stray kitty again. It's a boy. Definitely a boy. Poor guy is skin and bones. He recognized me and waited 3 feet from me to set him up. Hopefully my double dish is there later when I clean it out and refill the water. That was the first thing he went to.
I saw another cat there too. Big fat ginger boy. Now that one I'm pretty sure is someone's cat. But my guy is not so bad and if he's letting me get that close, he may just follow me home on his own or at least let me near him faster than it normally would take!

Birds galore in the park today! There was an osprey sitting in it's nest and a red tailed hawk flying around looking for food. Egrets galore in the marsh. It was low tide and the place stunk like Jersey. I got to the end of the beach trail and there is this family of fatties all in the WRONG bathing suits swimming - right by the sign that says NO SWIMMING. Nasty morons. So, I didn't stop to rest and hung a Uie and went back. Found another side trail on the way back. Apparently they paint the markers in a way so you can only see them from certain directions.

[twisteroo]

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Uh oh, sounds like you are gonna have a new cat.

You should see my "Scruffy" stray. Now he rubs my legs, rolls on my feet and waits to be petted.
He has an appointment next week sometime to get checked over, and get some shots and stuff, the clipping of balls will come a little later when he is healthy.

Anyway, back to bikes...
I have not been on a bike since last Thursday when my trip ended, except today for a few hundred yards. I'm still working on something to do next vacation, I was kicking around the idea of riding the
D&H and O&W trails. www.nepa-rail-trails.org
Oh yeah, this reminds me, I should finish the last couple days of my trip, finish boring you guys to tears.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Yes! Please finish. I am far from bored.

[Twilla]

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OK Here is the trail I ride daily. It's in Cattus Island state park which is a nature reserve. It's wooded and marshlands and it is along the Silver Bay which is part of the Barnegat Bay coastal system.

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This is the beginning of the trail


Blue Heron in the marsh


2 Osprey perching on tree.


An Osprey in flight


Osprey nests in the marshes


Coming out of the meadow loop (anything blurry is due to photos while riding)


Out of the meadow loop and onto my favorite part of the trail. I like it because its dark and cool


Coming to the trail end


Trail end beach


Trail end beach cove


View of Seaside from beach / bay


Houses across the bay


Sailboat in the bay


View of Silver Bay

New Jersey is MUCH prettier than I imagined. Is that mostly flat land? I could probably handle flat on a bike but it's really hilly around here so I haven't even considered getting out my bike.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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It's a marsh lands on the bay. Hopefully you can see it in this link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google%20maps

It's pretty flat. I'm starting to outgrow the thing already though and am about to go finding new trails to ride. Not until I grab that cat though!

[Twitchin Kitten]

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So today I wind up in a fight with a bunch of assholes. Go figure.

I am having a good ride. First fed Mickey and then off to the woods. I ride the blue loop, found the humidity is killing my lungs but I forge on and go to the end of the road to the beach. I park, sit at the bench and thought I was alone when some guy comes out of the porta John adjusting and pulling on his junk. Slob realized he wasn't alone and picked up his pace. He meets these three others over by the info board and they're pointing to what looks like a bottle (trash) on the floor. One woman mentions she is afraid of the little jellyfish here. (they're silver dollar sized things that are harmless) and they walk past the trash leaving it there.

So, now I'm pissed because they made a whole deal out of discussing it yet they leave it there? I get up walk up to it to make a point and notice it's a fucking diaper. Gross but I find a long stick and pick it up anyway. I had to. What good would my point be now? So of course I had to make a comment asking why they had to make such a deal out of the garbage and leave it there? Would it kill you to pick it up?

Well, the one guy in his faggy shorts and sandals starts cursing me out! What a twat. So I asked him if he thought he was over reacting a little and he went at me more. I'm trying really, really hard to control my mouth (and manage to do so) and asked him if he would have died if he picked it up. One of the women says, "We didn't leave it there you know." No shit Sherlock. So I told her I realized that but since the pail was there, and a stick it wouldn't be such a stretch to use one's imagination and use the stick like I did to pick up the disgusting thing and chuck it in the trash bin."

The one fag goes off again and I had enough. I was about to leave and they start more! Screaming for me to go, get the fuck out of here etc. WTF? Do people get this obnoxious when they hit 50+ on purpose?

So I skid to a stop, turn around and told the fucker that I changed my mind and I'm staying and I'm going to stay and argue with them the whole time because I'm really, really good at it. I gave them their money's worth too. The diddler takes my picture and I congratulate him on being a big boy and knowing how to use his little camera phone. I applauded for him too and said "good job" (I HATE that phrase).
The mouth starts cursing me again and the old diddler says he's calling 911. I asked if they were such pigs at home that when he misses the toilet when he craps does he leave the shit there for someone else to clean. That set him into a frenzy.
By now I have a witness. He's cracking up because I got these assholes livid. I keep repeating that they are clearly over reacting to someone pointing out what slobs they are.

THEY leave. They go off to swim. I told them make sure they swim by the no swimming sign. I ride off. My witness turns out to be an art teacher and he thought they were a little out of line too.

So I go off to the main information house and all the rangers and maintenance guys are there. I tell the story and I also know who is leaving diapers and trash all over. It's the Hasidim Jews that walk there on the weekends. Turns out the main ranger is the same guy I've been emailing with about more trails. So I spend half an hour yacking it up and I'm going to be a park volunteer. I get a shirt and I get to bitch at the assholes officially! Yay!

In the winter I'm going to help with maintaining trails and help build the new mile loop they're going to make for bikes. We also discussed that blue loop I've been sneaking onto and how it should be sustainable for bikes. He knows bikes use the trails there and it doesn't seem to be ruining anything so we're all good. There are two fire breaks in the woods they made for when they do the control burns in the fall. Those are going to be the new extension of bike trails. That should work too. Nice. I may help with those too.

It also turns out he knows Matt's boss very well. They are both part of the Ocean County fire marshal service. It pays to talk to people!

The girl ranger knows exactly who I am talking about. She guided the 4 of them to the beach earlier today. The one lady was asking about jellyfish. I said that has to be the same group. I said I don't appreciate going for a nice ride to be cussed out by some fruit in fag shoes and they all laughed at that. They went looking for them.

I do not like having my ride messed up!

So on the way home, I stopped again at Mickey and that's when I noticed it might be a girl cat. I can call her Mikki instead of Mickey

[Rhubarb]

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one of our customers is called 'Micky'- she is about 6 I think. I think it may be short for Michelle, she is a healthy kid, it's her brother that everything comes in, he has a really strange rare disorder, can hardly eat anything!

[twisteroo]

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Geeze, that story was great. You even got a couple chuckles out of me.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I have to say it's NEVER boring with me.