I have needed to get out riding for a few weeks now, but never seem to find the time when it isn't raining. There is so much work to do around the yard I always end up doing that instead of getting in shape (though one could argue that yard work does get oneself in shape).Thankfully my brother Mike came to the rescue on Memorial day and dragged me out of the house to hit the trails. Since we haven't ridden this year we kept to the paved kind, easier in theory but not always in practice.
We decided to park a ways out and ride into Metro Park and back, however Mike didn't remember where he parked the previous time he rode in. We ended up parking several miles further out than we had planned to, adding about 3 miles of uphill and into-the-wind riding to our trip (and an easier 3 miles on the way back). But there are worse things that can happen, the picture above is the line to the admission booth of the park.
That line extends about 3 miles back down 16 mile road, not to mention the side roads lined with people waiting to turn into the line. In the hour that it took us ride from the back of the line all the way to the furthest most point in the park and back to entrance to the park, the cars that were at the very back of the line when we started were only just then getting within site of the entrance booth.
And the park was PACKED, not the place to go on a holiday. Glad we were just there for some exercise.
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