51st ride of 2020 - Saturday, 5/16/2020 (What would have been my parents' 66th wedding anniversary)
2020 mileage: 1807.4
Well, I've been unable to ride since Tuesday due to mechanical issues. (The dealer, Jack's Bicycle in Dearborn, had to keep it over to replace the derailleur and one damaged wheel that had a cracked rim and a couple of missing spokes.) But I was able to return in a big way this morning, breaking another mileage milestone for the year (exceeding 1800).
Like 2 weeks ago, I rode a round trip to the Matthei Botanical Gardens, in the far northeast part of Ann Arbor. Going out, I went through Marsh Park, and when I turned around at Matthei to come home, I was at 16.5 miles already, which would have given me a 33-mile round trip had I returned home by the same route. But I took a shorter one, coming west on Packard and Eisenhower rather than proceeding all the way south to Textile Rd. and then returning through Marsh Park. Going this way, MapMyRide measured me at 28.4 miles, in 3:03.
Here is a view of part of the Matthei Trail, that parallels Dixboro Rd., leading from Geddes Rd. up to Matthei Gardens.
And here is a view of where U.S. 23 crosses the Huron River, taken from the Gallup Park path beside the river, just east of the highway.
It was a cool ride, but by no means unpleasantly so, as I rode very comfortably in a hoodie. Upon checking the sunrise time this morning, I was delighted to learn that, as the days get longer and longer, it rose at 6:12 today, allowing me an early start as I like. So when I began at 6:30 it was 52°, and that rose to 57° by the time I finished, all under solidly cloudy skies.
Well, I've been unable to ride since Tuesday due to mechanical issues. (The dealer, Jack's Bicycle in Dearborn, had to keep it over to replace the derailleur and one damaged wheel that had a cracked rim and a couple of missing spokes.) But I was able to return in a big way this morning, breaking another mileage milestone for the year (exceeding 1800).
Like 2 weeks ago, I rode a round trip to the Matthei Botanical Gardens, in the far northeast part of Ann Arbor. Going out, I went through Marsh Park, and when I turned around at Matthei to come home, I was at 16.5 miles already, which would have given me a 33-mile round trip had I returned home by the same route. But I took a shorter one, coming west on Packard and Eisenhower rather than proceeding all the way south to Textile Rd. and then returning through Marsh Park. Going this way, MapMyRide measured me at 28.4 miles, in 3:03.
Here is a view of part of the Matthei Trail, that parallels Dixboro Rd., leading from Geddes Rd. up to Matthei Gardens.
And here is a view of where U.S. 23 crosses the Huron River, taken from the Gallup Park path beside the river, just east of the highway.
It was a cool ride, but by no means unpleasantly so, as I rode very comfortably in a hoodie. Upon checking the sunrise time this morning, I was delighted to learn that, as the days get longer and longer, it rose at 6:12 today, allowing me an early start as I like. So when I began at 6:30 it was 52°, and that rose to 57° by the time I finished, all under solidly cloudy skies.
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