June 2025 Continued but still fighting the El Nina Spring Rains!

June 10-A ride around the Downtown Manitou Springs

We headed out to Manitou Springs and stopped at the Starsbuck on Colorado Ave and 31st Street for Iced Tea and our brown bag lunch. We left the Trails and rode Pikes Peak Ave to go through the Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort for a ride through, great place too stay if your riding or visiting here in Colorado Springs. Decided to do a tour of the town of Manitou Springs, it's a cool place with lot's of food, shops and a cool VIBE.

Picked up the Creekwalk Trail over to the Midland and heading back to the America the Beautiful Park. Then headed to the Tasty Freeze Drive Inn for a 2nd. iced tea and then back to the storage unit. The day was beautiful, even become HOT for the first time.

June 11-Heading to Angletech to have Jo's New Larger E-assist Display Unit Installed and a bit of a Ride Before the RAINS!

Jo's new 860c Display finally arrived so we headed to Angletech to have it installed. The original display that came with her e-assist set up was small and VERY hard to read so we ordered one like mine, which I really like!

 I also had Kirk reset my display from 9 levels of assist to 5 levels as Jo prefers the 5 level setting so now we are more compatible, she does have a bit more power as her motor is a 750W and mines only a 500W. She also has a 48V battery and mine is a older 36V battery.

From there we headed back on the Sinton Trail to the Pikes Peak Greenway up to where the New Santa Fe Trail and then the bike lane on Corporate Center Drive over to the Nevada Ave Access Path and the UVC center Panera Bread for Iced Tea and a Think Bar. We'll all the while the clouds kept building up and we decided to head to the storage unit, we got caught in a downpour 1/4 mile from the unit so I will have to clean and re-lube the chains again, ARRUGH!! 

 Till next time, Happy Trails!

June 7, 2025- Upper Portion of the Cottonwood Creek Trail and more

 Jo had appointments so I headed off on a solo ride. Decided to ride the upper portion of the Cottonwood Creek Trail as we don't ride it very often. It's wide open, no real shade except the underpasses or bridges. From the storage unit, Cascade Ave Bike Lane, to the T-Gap Trail heading west to the Pikes Peak Greenway heading north. Stopped at the UVC Center Panera Bread for a bowl of creamy tomato soup and chunk of ciabatta bread, YUM!! 

Took the Nevada Accessway Path over to Vincent Frontage Rd to pick up the Cottonwood Creek Trail heading east. Up to Cottonwood Regional Park and then thru the tunnel to the trails current end at Powers Blvd and Woodman Rd. Turned around and took the same way back except, once under the Vincent St. bridge, rode the CCT back to the Pikes Peak Greenway heading south to Criterium Bicycle Shop for a water and Think Bar. Getting on the afternoon, headed back to the storage unit to end the ride! Sunny, warm, great day to ride!

June 8th- Food Run and Lunch Ride and the coming of "ANGRY SKIES"!

With Jo being sick with a viral bug 6/3-6/6, we couldn't get to the store for food, so she felt good enough to get in a Food Run on Sunday. After heading to Walmart Marketplace on Union Blvd, got food and supplies needed and we headed back to the apt. to unload! Then she wanted to go to Panera Bread for creamy tomato soup and bread for lunch, I got a new Tosted Corsant Bread sandwich, we brought our chirp's and fuji apples and enjoyed a lunch out, but it started raining, lucky, it was lite and stopped as we got back on the trikes.  

 Rode the North Nevada access path to the Corporate Center Rd. bike lane up to Criterium Bike Shop and picked up the Pikes Peak Greenway, south. We wanted to ride the PPG to the Rock Island Connector Trail, but the rains started again, RATS! Stopped at the Pikeview Reservoir to photograph the "Angry Skies" and clouds hiding the sunshine and Pikes Peak!

We decided to head to the storage unit and get the trikes inside as fast as possible, packed up, of course still wearing our bike rain jackets and pulled our wagon the 1.2 miles back to the apartment. Even with the rain, etc. it was an enjoyable but short ride.

  Well, "That's ALL FOLKS", as the old cartoons used to say, medical appointments on Monday and more angry skies weather by early afternoon. Might be able to get in a ride on Tuesday, All the Best! 

Rest of May and into June, sadly the rains have followed, RATS!

 May 28- We rode the Templeton Gap and Austin Bluffs Trails, finally getting a break in the rain! 

Good weather finally so we headed east on the T-Gap Trail and off of T-Gap to the Austin Bluffs Trail heading north. It's not a long trail as it currently ends so we turned around and headed back to T-Gap and picked up the Rock Island Connector to the Pikes Peak Greenway heading south into downtown Co Springs to go to Starbucks at the Antlers Plaza for iced tea and a think bar. Getting late so we headed directly to the storage unit.

May 30- BJ's Strange Ride, lots of Bike Lanes and Partial Trails. Jo had medical appointments, so I headed out on a ride to see if construction on Galley Rd and the Homestead Trail South and the eastern portion of the Sand Creek Trail had made any progress. Rode the Rock Island Trail to the Homestead South and headed to Galley Rd. Well, they took out the old bridge and are building a new one, so it cut off access to Galley Rd. either direction. Had to turn around to Murry Blvd and pick up San Miguel St. to bypass the construction area! Headed to Edison St. heading east to the Mavrick Station at Edison and Wooten Rd. Hot dog and iced tea for lunch, YUM. 

Headed north the Wooten Rd Bike Lane back up to Galley Rd. turned east and headed to check out the Sand Creek Trail. Sadly, no progress either north or south on this portion of the Sand Creek Trail, in fact the trail heading north under Galley Rd was a MUD PIT, so I rode over Space Coast Dr up to Palmer Park Blvd and Powers Ave. Then a back street called Wykoop Rd. up to Constitution Ave heading west to pick up Constitution Court and a little dirt trail that connects to the Rock Island Trail heading west! Stopped at a different Mavrick Station for a break and then headed back to the Storage area.

  

May 31- Angletech, both ways on the Sinton Trail. Headed west on the Sinton Trail up to Angletech to have them look at a problem with the attachments between my seat and rear rack. Got that taken care of but didn't feel like riding the Foothills Trail again so we headed back down Sinton Trail. Pikes Peak Greenway to Monument Valley Park and back to the Tastee Freeze Drive Inn for iced tea and a Think bar. Clouds moving back in so we headed to the storage unit! 

June 1- Sinton Trail "RE-RIDE". Bummer not sure if it was a camera malfunction or operator error but the whole coming back on the Sinton Trail didn't record so we just decided to re-do the ride and add it to the video for 5-31! 

Well, no more rides in June due to medical appointments, constant RAIN and Thunderstorms and, sadly Jo has caught the "standard" flu, not COVID-19, arrugh!! Hope to be back "Out and About on the Recumbents, SOON! Happy Trails!