Various Cycling Photos

 


Diamond Back rolls west on 3800N


That is considered a type of clover

Foxtail


Can you find the green and black caterpillar?





Seed Corn sign in the North Fork??


No idea



Deck screw removed from road


Soap Wort --- used by Native Americans as soap and other medicinal applications






Winter wheat field harvested and replanted with soybeans

  
Diamond Back rolls west on 4000N



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