A bit of a ride before the COLD FRONT comes in!! :O

We had a very nice day today, 60F+ and Sunny with only low winds so I decided to put 23 miles on the bicycle before the Major Cold Front arrives by early Thursday!!! Rode both the Pikes Peak Greenway and the Midland Trails. There's major construction happening on the Midway Trail at Ridge Rd. and Colorado Ave., so it's a total mess but it will be a REAL improvement when it's finished!! The street crossing has been dangerous for bicycle riders and walker for YEARS, when the new construction is done, the Midland Trail will actually go UNDER Colorado Ave. YEA!!!! Well the sun goes down very quickly this time of year so I headed straight back the way I came, cleaned up the bicycle a bit and tucked it way till the temps climb back into at least 40F and SUNNY! Merry Christmas!! :)

A very nice November day bicycle RIDE!!

We had a very warm and sunny bicycle ride up the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail over to the Colorado Springs Bike Shop on the Westside of town today! 19 mile round trip, a mix of gravel and concrete trails and a little sidewalk riding up to the shop. It's the 25th. of November and it was 62 F. degrees and sunny, can't beat that! Had to go over to the bike shop to get a new spare tube, new "on bike air pump, new head piece for our "floor pump" and some sealant for the new tube in my front wheel. Got quick bite to eat at Arby's and headed home as we had a late start and wanted to make sure we had "daylight" on the trail! The homeless folks have a LOT of ugly campsites on the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail, sad but hey, everyone has to have somewhere to LIVE. As long as they keep their stuff  "off the trail itself", I'll live with it and be happy to get to RIDE so late in the season!! :)

JoLynn looking at Cheyenne Mountain

Ducks in Fountain Creek

Our bicycles along part of the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail

Pedal to Parks & Historic Places ~ Shooks Run

Jo and I went on a excellent ride with the folks from "Bike Colorado Springs", our citywide advocacy group. This was a Pedal the Parks ride where we stopped at city parts and historic places along one of the local Rail Trail, called Shooks Run. We stopped a several parks and even have a local History Professor from Colorado College give us information on the history of the parks or places along the trail. It was a partly cloudy day with warmer temps, (been gray and raining all week)! It was a small group of about 25 riders and they even supplied treats and drinks, my wife and I had a great time although we had to leave a little early as the dark clouds came in and we had 10 miles of limestone trail to ride to get home! ENJOYED!