Bike rides are one of my favorite ways to exercise. It’s a great workout and I love being outdoors. Whether it’s a ride in the city or on a bike trail, it’s a great way to get your heart pumping and work out those legs! But nothing, and I mean nothing, can compare to a dirt road bike ride.

Many people avoid dirt roads. In our busy world, a dirt road will surely slow you down. It gets your car dirty. It’s bumpy. But when you are on a bike, it is the perfect path! You will find a lot less traffic than a busy paved road. No headphones needed because nature plays its own music:  birds chirping, bugs, nature sounds. It is so quiet and peaceful. Dirt road bike rides do more than work out your body. You also renew your mind. Rolling hills seems to be easily found on a dirt road, so you are in for a great workout! You don’t fully notice or appreciate a hill until you are on a bike!

But watch out for rocks! Some roads can have large ones, especially when the road has been raked recently. The bigger your bike tires, the better!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from recent dirt road bike rides:

Job 12:7-10 But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. 

Get on your bike. Find a dirt road. Work out your body. Renew your mind.