Today we rode three different urban trails – the Liberty Trail, the Creek Turnpike Trail and the Mingo Trail – for a total of 30 miles. The weather was the hottest and most humid we have had so far on the trip. Much of the trail paralleled the interstate, so we had the sights and sounds of traffic instead of singing birds and babbling brooks to pass the time. On our return to the car, trail maintenance caused a detour and added a couple of miles to our total.
We did enjoy the smell of honeysuckle flowers on one short section of the trail, and we saw the Outdoor Classroom & Outer Limits Center at the Graves Scout Reservation, a part of the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
When we finished our ride, Bill discovered he had a broken cleat on one of his cycling shoes, so we made another trip to a bike shop to replace the broken cleat.
50-in-50 Challenge 