March rides and riding in the Co. Springs St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 12th.

 The weather for March came in like a Lamb but turned to a Lion quickly, we did get in a ride on the 8th. and then on the 12th. we were invited by BikeCOS to ride with them in the Colorado Springs, CO. St. Patrick's Day Parade!! We staged on Tejon St. the main route and watched the parade pass by till it was our turn to enter as a group! LOL, of course we got put behind all the horses so at time we had to circumvent some horse poo! :(  Oh well it was a blast as we threw out candies and did lot's of close up "high 5's" with all the little kidos and even some of the adults along the parade route.

Perfect weather not hot, not cold a bit breezy but lot's of sunshine. The route was about 3 miles long with lot's of floats, bag pipers, and many different car, motorcycle and other groups all having a great time! When we got to the end we headed back up Cascade St. to finish watching the rest of the parade, then over to Carl Jr's for our favorite "lettuce wrap" hamburger and unsweet iced tea for lunch. It was after 2 PM. when we finished and getting a bit windy so we rode over to Schooks Run Trail going north and headed back to the apt. FUN day, only 8 miles but lot's of SMILES! :)

March 1st., 2022- A bit of a "summertime" tease in the air as March comes in like a Lamb!! :)

Wow, 65 F, with a bit of breeze and lots of sunshine and no clouds, that's impressive for March in So. Colorado, as March is actually our "2nd. snowiest month of the year"!! Loaded up and headed out to ride the PP Greenway over to Cottonwood Creek Trail via the "detour" route, till the finish laying the concrete from Rockrimmon trail entry up to Woodman Ave. hopefully by late spring/early summer! 

Just a great day to ride although in the shady spots on the Cottonwood Creek Trail there's still a bit of ice/snow left over. The CCT is a very pretty trail and unlike most trails heading east it's got a lot of uphill grade to it, that just makes it a blast coming back into the PPGW! :) Stopped at the only picnic tables in Cottonwood Regional Park to eat our brown bag lunch, then headed west back to the Fontanero St. Trailhead, where we do a "race lap", then ride over the Popcycle Bridge back to the apartment. Pull the trikes up to our 2nd. floor apartment and start working on dinner, stuffed peppers and salad, YUM. 

 Weds. will be even warmer but no ride as friends invited us along on a picnic, when your friends call, it's time to let the trikes take a break! Thursday won't be as warm but still a good day for a RIDE! :)

February 27, 2022- The first ride after the weeklong "Deep Freeze" here in So. Colorado!!

It's quite rare that we are not able to ride sometime during a week, even in the winter months here in Colorado Springs! Last week was sub-zero temp, wind, snow and it finally started thawing on Friday and become ridable by Sunday! It was still sloppy with snow melt on the trails and paths, but the streets were mostly clear. We rode thru town on the Weber St. bike lane, which has less traffic than the Cascade Ave. bike lane. Rode by the Olympic/Paralympic Museum and into America the Beautiful Park to pick up the Midland, over to the Creekside trail in Manitou Springs.

Yes, it's one of our favorite trails and an actual rail-trail and even with the large and sometimes really messy homeless population using it we still enjoy the emptier parts. We stopped at the Swimming Pool Park for our brown bag lunch, LOL, had to fight of a squirrel, you're not supposed to feed them, but some do, and they can be quite aggressive!! It was becoming a really nice day, just a hint of a chilly breeze but full sunshine and no clouds! :) We headed home the same way, didn't want to take the Palmer-Mesa Greenway home as we felt it might have a lot of standing melt water on it. Headed back into town and back up the Weber St. bike lane then over to the apt. 17 miles and wow it felt so good to get back "outside" after a week of riding the "Klingon Torture Device", that's what we call our recumbent exercise bike! ;) 

Here's a video of a part of the ride heading home!