Sundown Ride on the Bosque

Tracking via Ham radio and GPS

Jacque's Mobile Trike Shade

 Jacque and I did something a bit new to us:  We drove into Albuquerque and rode the Bosque Trail as the sun went down.
We could have done a late-afternoon ride out in our home area of the East Mountains, but after about 3:30 PM all roads are like the Indy 500 out here with all the Albuquerque and Sandia Labs and Kirtland Air Force Base commuters rushing home and crowding the roads.
We decided to try the Bosque Trail at such a late hour since - on the northern end, at least - there are no road crossings mixing it up with automobiles.  Thus we felt comfortable riding even if it got really dark (we have lights front and rear).
We found this to be perhaps the most pleasant time we've ever ridden this trail.  Less traffic, much cooler temperatures, what's not to like?
We didn't go that far, this being a preliminary experiment for this time of day, but we liked it so much we plan to do a much longer ride later in the afternoon or early evening again soon.
At these late hours we were pleasantly surprised that Tingley Beach was still open... at least the waterfront and the restrooms were.
We encountered some visitors from Mexico who decided they needed their pictures taken with the trike and the doggies.  They were nice folks and tolerated my fractured Espanol with good humor.

Ride Started:  12:02 PM    Ride Ended:  3:10 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.2       Ending Voltage: 13.2
Lowest Temp  71 F      Highest Temp:  75 F 
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  9.56
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  6.7 MPH                               9.0 MPH                    15.8 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
1 Hour 25 mins                     1 Hour 3 mins            21 minutes