June 13- The NO Go on the LOW, Bridge Ride, Jo had medical appointments, so I headed off and decided to ride the lower half of the Pikes Peak Greenway. Rode the Cascade Ave Bike Lane to Fountain Blvd over to pick up the Tejon St. bike lane to the PPG south under both the Tejon St and Nevada Ave trail underpasses. The plan was to ride the Greenway to pick up Sand Creek Trail South then head north BUT, the Low Bridge over Fountain Creek was totally flooded with fast running water so NO GO on the LOW!!
Headed back on the PP Greenway to a old bridge crossing Fountain Creek and heading west. Picked up the 8th Street bike lane over to the Cheyenne Blvd bike lane up to the Starsmoor Nature and Visitor Center at the foot of North Cheyenne Canyon. did a reverse route, stopped for lunch and headed back to the storage unit!
June 14, Flintridge Road bike lane and T-Gap Trail Ride, Headed up the southern T-Gap Trail to pick up the Flintridge bike lane heading north to Academy Blvd. Stopped at Starbucks for Iced Tea and brown bag lunch. Headed back on the Flintridge bike lane and rode north on the T-Gap to it's end at Ranch Drive. Did a turnaround and took the T-Gap south to the PP Greenway and Monument Valley Park. Headed up Cache La Poudre bike lane over to the Weber St bike lane and to the Tastee Freeze Drive in for more iced tea and a Think Bar snack. Getting late so back to Cascade Ave bike lane back to the Storage unit!
June 15, The Search for the Chuckwagon BBQ Place, It's Fathers Day and I really wanted some BBQ! We have been wanting to go to the new "Chuckwagon" Texas Style BBQ Place but it's not a easy location to get to by Recumbent Trike! Using the Rock Island Trail heading east, we found a way to get from the trail to Palmer Park Blvd via back streets. Made our way to cross Palmer Park and Powers Blvd and then more back streets to get to Omaha Ave and we finally found the Place!
Well it was a very HOT day and when we arrived we found we'd have to wait in the SUN, (no shade) for 1 to 1.5 hrs. till it opened so we decided to bail and find other places for lunch. We just couldn't find a place with window and a safe area for the trikes. We ended up at a Mc Donalds so we got Big Mac's without the sauce and got the BBQ Sauce they have for Mc Nuggets and poured it on the Big Mac!! LOL, it was actually better than the normal sauce!! Still a bit hungry, we headed over to the Tastee Freeze Drive in and got their excellent Chilli Cheese Fries to share, which made a really good Father's Day meal!! The skies started to darken so we headed back to the storage unit.
We pack our frozen goods in insulated bags with Ice Packs, especially in today's 85 F+ sun! Unload at the apartment, put the frozen goods away and then take our brown bag lunch to Panera Bread for iced tea. After re-applying more sunscreen, we headed up the Nevada Ave Access Path up to the Vincent Frontage Road and the Vincent Street Bridge to connect with the Cottonwood Creek Trail heading south to the Pikes Peak Greenway and finally back to the storage unit to stow the cargo trailer and trikes till the next RIDE!
Till next time, HAPPY TRAIL'S from the Ondo''s and Out and About on the Recumbents!
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