2nd part of February 2025, just trying to catch up as usual, here we GO!

 

A view from the SKY BRIDGE 

We had a real cold and wet spell for like 10 days so we finally got a decent day and headed off to Manitou Springs via the Midland Trail, stopping at the Colorado Ave and 31 St. Starbucks for our brown bag lunch and a hot tea. It was at least warm enough to sit outside but we had the polar fleece and windbreakers on! Then continued on the trail over to Fields and Schriever Parks and to the current end of the Creek Walk Trail. Heading back the same way, it felt good to be riding again! Over to the Weber St. bike lane to the Good Neighbors Meeting House for a 2nd hot tea. Picked up Shooks Run to the Rock Island Trail west, Cascade St. and into the storage unit!

Bringing home the weeks' worth of food and household supplies!

Again we had several cold, wet days before a day decent enough to go food shopping!

February 24, we decided to check on the construction progress of a couple of projects effecting bike paths and bike lanes and make our way up to the Starsmoor Center in North Cheyenne Canyon Park. First was the new path along Tejon St and the intersection of I-25.

The right side is basically complete, but the left side path is still not finished, rats, luckily, we needed to stay on the right side to stop at a Mavrick Station outside patio area and a hot tea with our brown bag lunch. Alas, NO hot or Ice tea, bummer! Ate lunch and headed for the center on the Tejon St bike lane and then the Cheyenne Blvd bike lane, (sadly the painted lines for the bike lane have faded away all the way to 8th street!) :(  Well the road construction again forced us up on the sidewalk for several blocks, then we got back on the bike lane up to the Starsmoor Center. Ah, note to self: The Starsmoor Center is CLOSED on Mondays! Headed back over to Shooks Run Trail and Good Neighbors Meeting House for the TEA we didn't get earlier then back to the storage unit.

The Official Greeter at Angletech Recumbents of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Great view of Pikes Peak on the Centennial Blvd South Path

My new ASSIST BARS on my ICE Sprint 2 Special Edition

February 25, Headed up to Angletech to get my new, ASSIST BARS installed on my trike, I have been having a harder time getting OUT of my low seated trike as I get within 5 months of turning 70 yrs. old! I also had my left side drum brake shoes checked for "glazing" as they have been squeaking a lot lately. After we got done at Angletech we decided to see if they had finished the Pikes Peak Greenway "WESTSIDE" trail's concrete work and fencing. We were lucky as the workers let us pass by and continue down the trail so you all got the FREE TOUR before the official unveiling has happened! Rode down to America the Beautiful Park and the "confluence point" of Monument and Fountain Creeks. Then headed back to the storage unit.

That's it for this blog update, will bring you more soon, thanks for reading, it's very appreciated, BJ :)