That looks fun, I'ma need to find me an apple orchard. šš On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 10:13:14 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
> I just did the most Rivendellian thing ever. Iām certain that when the > elves of Rivendell were drawing up their Platypus Plans they were picturing > this: picking fresh fruit by bike. It is a cool, sun dappled morning in > Michigan, and my green and gold Platypus is being readied to do its good > work. There is a nearby farm that I can ride to, and they have announced > the opening of Honeycrisp apple picking season this very morning. > > My favorite apples in all the world are Honeycrisp apples. This variety > was created in Minnesota (a state near and dear to my heart) and Iāve never > tasted a better apple. The Honeycrisp was bred for taste - a sweet and tart > combination that is perfectly balanced. Iāve only had them from the grocery > store, but picking them fresh from the orchard should yield an out-of-body > experience, I figured. > > I rode my Overkill Shopping Platypus to the farm. They let me park right > by the entrance to the orchard and kept an eye on the bike while I wandered > through the apple orchard, filling my paper bag with a half bushel of > fragrant, red Honeycrisp apples. I returned to my Platypus and began > loading up my Backabike bags. The scene was idyllic with the sunflowers in > the backdrop and my bags full of red apples in the foreground. A man > stopped to admire my bike. The more he looked, the more he liked. In 3 > minutesā worth of questions, he came to the conclusion that he needs this > exact bike. I told him thereās a shipment soon coming to Rivendell. I hope > hope HOPE one day to run into another Shopping Platypus at the orchard. > > I have fruit-shopped by Platypus with varying success in the past. I put > fresh strawberries from the farmerās market in my front basket and came > home with strawberry jam instead. I got a watermelon wedged in the bag and > struggled to free it when I got home. I was not anxious to arrive with > bruised apples, or worse, applesauce. But this is where Backabike bags > shine - not one apple was damaged in transit. > > Attached in the next post is a video I made of the experience. Which may > or may not work. Instagram will have it, though! > Leah > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7b90efd5-6184-42dc-90be-5c57d49c7bf0n%40googlegroups.com.
