Monday, October 12, 2009

Sundays Ride

Kerry invited me over to her home with her brothers family. We swam in their pool and then took off for a bike ride. She lives near the Shenandoah roller coaster ride..lol.
So we set out off Shenandoah to ST Road 84 along the canal.
This is in reverse the ride Jorge does. It looks much different backwards and in the heat of the day. We didn't see another biker on the trail..they are probably all in MT Dora for the festival. We did see about 14 large Iguanas.

We rode down to Weston Road at Markam Park and crossed over to Uncle Al's.
We watched the football game, gossiped drank beer and ate a little something and rode back to her home.
I thought it would be ok to ride back on sr84 instead of the canal path. I was surprised we had to go over 75. That was a hill I didn't anticipate but we made it over..maybe a little slow but made it over.
The computer says we did 7.2 miles at an average of 9.4mph. Kerry is usually a much stronger biker than I am. She hasn't ridden in about 2 weeks because of a vacation and the flu. She also rides a mountain bike so shes working much harder than I am. I think the heat was also a factor..where is the cooler weather? Its darn hot out there at 3 pm.
Afterward we swam some more then went to Wally World to get our Halloween costumes. We had to find something that we can still ride a bike with. We found the perfect solution. You'll have to wait for the photos but I will give you a hint..hers is pink and mine is purple ...as if y'all didn't already figure that one out.

1 comment:

Mel said...

Wow--sounds like a fantastic time with a good relaxing 'after the torture' moment. *laughing*

But you made the hill!
AND you got to see bunches of hefty reptiles!

*sigh* 20 degrees and snow on Saturday.....you're welcome to a few degrees of cold if you like! ;-)