Josh and I were introduced to the website bikley.com by a new friend here in town, and found a slew of bike ride possibilities in our area. We tried out a 40 mile route yesterday that took us on windy, hilly roads, leading us past a number of farms and beautiful vistas. Among the sites were tobacco farms; a crop I had never seen growing before. Despite the fact that this plant is bad on a number of accounts, it is beautiful nonetheless. At this time of year the leaves are large and a striking yellow. They were in the process of harvesting the crop yesterday and drying leaves could be seen hanging in tobacco barns, the beginning of their journey on to being stuffed inside of tiny rolled papers, quenching people's addictions.
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