Memorial weekend gave KJ and I our first opportunity to get out on the bike. With all the rain and miserable weather, we had previously only managed to get out twice this year, for a whopping total of 11 miles...Our ride on Monday gave us a chance to try out a new "loop" ride from our house. We rode through our neighborhood until we got to the start of the Forbes Avenue bike lanes near Frick Park. We then rode up Forbes Avenue until we could jump over to the Beechwood Boulevard bike lane. This took us past Blue Slide Park, where we made a brief stop. We continued along Beechwood until we neared the major intersection at the top of Brown's Hill Road. We turned left onto Saline Street, which is a steep downhill that brought us out behind Dunkin' Donuts. After a donut break (shown above) we continued down the sidewalk along Brown's Hill Road, turning left at the light onto Old Brown's Hill Road. This took us to the end of the Nine Mile Run Trail, which we then took back to our house. This loop ride is nice because it combines street and trail riding, and provides places to play and/or get a quick bite.
KJ is done with school this week, so we should start to get some serious mileage under our belts.
