May rolls around, bringing with it warmer weather more snow.

But eventually it does warm up a bit, and the rides resume. The ironies of the social distancing era have included crowded stores, crowded greenways, and non-solo bike rides (with the quaranteam).

Trips up north brought us to the banks of the mighty placid Farmington River, cutting through Tariffville Gorge…

Chicken coops in the backwoods…

But possibly most interesting/unexpected was this “rock garden” of encouragement in North Bloomfield.