Sunday was such a beautiful day! I mentioned a bike ride to Butch & he agreed. We hadn't been to Shenandoah for a long while. The Depot was open for indoor dining - so we stopped there first for lunch.
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| Butch at the Train Station~ |
There wasn't much activity at Sportsman's Park. I couldn't remember much about the trail from my last ride south from Malvern. It had been since early May of last year. I thought it had been relatively easy.
With just a light breeze & riding on the paving, it didn't take us long to reach the river.
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| Butch on the bridge~ |
Soon after, we ran off the paving & back to the limestone. It was dry, but had deep groves each time the trail crossed a road. I think the run-off from the road softens the trail & bikes had been on it, when it was still too wet. In the photo below you can see the ruts.
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| To the pond~ |
We took a break on the bench here. The frogs were croaking, a sound we both miss from nights in WA, during late winter & early spring. To this point, we'd gone three-miles, all of it an uphill grade. The wind had picked up too.
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| Where we turned back~ |
The next mile, continued on the same. We reached 160th. It looked like we'd have downhill from this point on, toward Imogene, but my leg said; "No!" in a big way. It had bottomed out - with the continual climb. :-( We decided to turn back.
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| Butch coming up the grade~ |
Butch stayed game throughout! He never mentioned turning back, until I did! At least - as I told him - we knew the way back would be all downhill!
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| Back at the Park~ |
I was a little discouraged my leg hadn't worked better, but I'm still a way from the year the Doctor's told me healing would take. We did get a workout, 8-miles, half of it up! Pretty good for so early in the season. Enough of one, we stopped for ice cream before heading home!
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