114th rides (A and B) of 2020 - Saturday, 9/5/2020

2020 mileage: 3117.2

MORNING

All summer I've been wanting to ride with my daughter Christy and my grandchildren, Izzy and Danny. This morning, with summer rapidly disappearing, we pulled it off. I drove my trike over to Dexter, where they live, and met them by the river, and we rode on the trail between town and Hudson Mills Metropark .... about 2.5 miles out in 20 minutes, and then turned around and returned, for a total ride of 5 miles. The skies were cloudy, and the temperature was about 55°.

Before we started, Christy got this picture of me with my two sweet fellow riders.


Then, out along the way, she got this brief video with Danny (age 7) leading the way, Boppa AB (age 63) following him, and then Izzy (age 10).

My heart is so happy for this experience!

However, though I thought I got MapMyRide started before we set off, in fact I neglected to get it going until we turned around out on the trail - so the Relive video only shows the second half of the ride.

Link to (Relive) video of this morning's ride

AFTERNOON

Because of the brevity of this morning's ride, I went out again at midday, and rode a single round trip to Marsh Park (augmented by a loop on Interfirst Drive). Conditions were lovely -- bright sunshine and a beginning temperature of 67° that climbed to 76°

Link to (Relive) video of this afternoon's ride

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