Well time snuck up on me, been whirlwind of rides, meeting new folks, etc!

 August 27, We had the privilege of showing 2-Out of State couples and trike riders around some of the trails in our local area. 1, from TX. and 1, from IN. We put together a mix of trails to form loops, on August 27, on the 28th. they both rode the Early Bird Hike and Bike at the Garden of the Gods City Park on the 29th, we took them on a different Loop Trail!

 August 29, 

September 1, We headed out on the Rock Island Trail to check on the progress of the new "crossing light" at RIT and Murry Blvd. It's started but not much to look at yet! It's really needed as it's hard to get across Murry Blvd safely!!

September 3, We headed out to pick up the Midland Trail and head to Manitou Springs,

I wanted to do a "Promo" video for the, Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort. It's a great place to stay and ride out of here in Colorado Springs, CO. On the way home we stopped for a shade and snack break at Monument Valley Park and Stanley Lake.

September 7, We headed over to the Starsmoor Nature and Visitor Center in North Cheyenne Canyon Park. Due to road construction on our usual route, we decided to use the bike lane on 8th. Street to Cheyenne Blvd. and up the Canyon Road. Headed back to America the Beautiful Park and then picked up Shooks Run Trail to head back to the storage unit.

September 9, Jo had and appointment so I headed off alone and decided to see if the City had ever improved the "Homestead Trail" on my own. LOL, no I'd say it's worse than the last time I rode it a few years ago! It was a very Rough and Tumble trail ride, check out the Video!

Found a different way back so I didn't have to ride in the "WEEDS" and dirt single track, stopped at a Mavrick Station for lunch and iced tea, headed back to the Rock Island Trail and then to the storage unit.

September 10, after the tough ride on the 9th, we just took a "Kickback" ride here and there on several pieces of different trails! LOL, this old man was just warn out from yesterday's ride on the Homestead Trail!

Stopped to have a "end of the ride" Herbal Berry Iced Tea and snack at the Good Neighbors Meeting House off Shooks Run, headed back to the storage area! That's all for now folks, thanks for checking out the BLOG! :)

August 24 and 25, Summer is getting SHORT!

 Well sadly, the Dog Days of Summer as getting short, it won't be long before temps drop and leaves start changing, RATS! Yes, 90 F+ days are a bit rough on us Senior citizens but I do not like the cold, wet and that 4 letter word, SNOW at all! Got in a couple of rides and a Food Ride with lunch so here's a report!

August 24th. The Rock Island Connector Trail is now open so we hadn't done a video on it yet, so here it is along with some photos. This "connects" Pikes Peak Greenway with Rock Island East and Shooks Run Trails. Before, you had to use several back streets to make these trail connections so it's a REAL improvement!! They even built an entry/exit on Cascade Ave onto the Rock Island Connector!  Here are Photos of the "connector trail" and a video our ride:

Here is the video and Mapping video:

August 25, 2024

Decided to just ride close so we headed north on the Pikes Peak Greenway up to the Vincent St. bridge, just off of Cottonwood Creek Trail. Headed to the access way Trail along Vincent Frontage Rd, Dublin Blvd and Nevada Ave. Over the "Cracked Path" to the under street access to the University Village Colorado Retail Center and Panera Bread. South on the Pikes Peak Greenway over to the Rock Island Connector, Shooks Run south, the Pikes Peak Ave Bike Lane thru Downtown over to America the Beautiful Park, Midland to the Walnut St. Bike Lane and the Mesa Springs Greenway. Back to Cascade St and to the Storage Unit. Just getting in a ride as it's supposed to be more rainy on Monday!

Gota FUN couple of days coming up, on August 27 and 29, we have Two out of State trike riding couples who are going to ride along with us on a few of our local trails! They are From TX. and WI. Going to be great to meet them in person as they are on a couple of Facebook Groups and are "SUBSCRIBERS" to our YouTube Page, "Out and About on the Recumbents"! Really looking forward to getting to RIDE with them!! :)

August 21, 2024-Another ride over to Manitou Springs

 LOL, the weather was weird, it was cloudy, windy but according to the weather, it was supposed to clear up before we headed out from the Storage Unit! Nope, as we headed down the Cascade St. bike lane, the winds got stronger, and we were riding into "spiting RAIN drops"! :( It finally backed off as we got into downtown to pick up the Midland Trail over to Manitou Springs. Midland was sadly a bit trashy, ass the homeless like to use parts of it to make camps, :( Even then, the clouds were parting, and the sun was peeking out here and there.

We kept heading west thru Old Colorado City, ran into mud here and there on the low spots of the trail that run along Fountain Creek! Made it over to Schryver Park to use the restrooms, that thankfully, Manitou Springs keeps open "all year long"!! :) Decided to go a bit further up to the small picnic and bench spot on the "Creek Walk Trail" to stop and eat our brown bag lunch!

Also got a shot of the stone bridge that Mayfair St. uses to get over the creek from the small wooden bridge at the back of the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

From there, headed back east of the Creek Walk Trail and stopped at Field's Park, yes to use the restroom, I am OLD! LOL. Here's a new artwork piece that they installed.

Again headed east to where the Creek Walk becomes the Midland Trail heading back into Colorado Springs. Getting hot so we decided to head for the storage unit and not do our normal "iced tea" stop for the day! Here is a Relive Video Mapping of our ride, thanks for checking out the Blog! BJ :)