We had all kinds of excuses for being too busy to stay healthy this last week, and then we had visitors over the weekend so no riding whatsoever was enjoyed.
Today, however, with no company to swap tall tales with, we decided it was high time to get back in the bike saddle again. I say "bike saddle" when our seats are in fact more like lawn chairs with wheels.
Jacque decided we were taking another Bosque ride today, and it was a good choice indeed.
It was well after noon by the time we got going, as in the hottest time of the day. No matter. The winds were gusty and fairly strong, providing much-appreciated cooling that overcame any irritation at being buffeted by the stiff winds.
Since Albuquerque started destroying downtown Central to install the much ballyhooed ART (Albuq. Rapid Transit) system, downtown has been a mess and all kinds of businesses depending upon normal traffic flow are suffering. To get to our favored parking spot close to the Albuquerque Bio Park requires extra time and aggravation both coming and going but we still like to park in that area so we can choose either north or south for a starting direction and still get in a good ride.
We have been noticing some new signage along this trail and new packed gravel trails hare and there along the trail. We decided to ride and explore a few of these new-looking trails and really enjoyed them.
The city or whoever has been doing a lot of work scraping and leveling these trails and they go all over the place between various crossings along the pavement of the main Bosque Trail. Lots of deep trails among the towering cottonwoods, some connecting to old rugged paved trails that we had never previously heard of.
After wandering around a while we decided to re-enter the main trail and encountered a big sign forbidding anyone EXCEPT walkers - Horses, bikes, anything but walkers were prohibited. This just made us laugh out loud. We had encountered several other innocent cyclists like ourselves along the forbidden trails, and pile after pile of horse poop almost everywhere. So we are not the sole scofflaws out there.
Ride Started: 1:32 PM Ride Ended: 4:39 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.5 Ending Voltage: 13.0 Lowest: 13.0
Beginning Blood Glucose: 228 Ending BG Reading: 155
Lowest Temp 75F Highest Temp: 82F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 10.95
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
4.3 MPH 5.6 MPH 16.6 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
3 hours 7 mins 2 hours 20 mins 47 minutes
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