Ta Da It's Done

After years of waiting because of recalcitrant landowners and a year and a half of intermittent construction.... it's finally done. The new Spring Valley bike trail. Yaaay! I field tested it Thursday morning on my bike. That was my first bike outing since I crashed and burned running into Baron last summer. Then I and Rapid Rick hiked it yesterday afternoon. What fun. Here is what it all looks like. We were hiking the neighbors woods a year ago last spring, decided to go down to the creek and stumbled upon a graded path.Following the graded path, we came upon some workers constructing a bridge over the trout stream. Talking to the men, I quickly discovered the bike trail was about to become a reality. Grading and a gravel base that summer, then blacktopping the next. Finally!!! That summer Baron and I hiked the "trail" many times.

I was biking the trail at 7 a.m. the morning after the blacktopping was finished. The sun was just appearing over the woods to the east.
There were several long uphill stretches. Hopefully by the end of the summer, I'll be in shape to better tackle those!
That same evening I got a chance to go flying with neighbor Dick. Here is part of the new trail, and the creek. Hopefully you can spot it from the air. It's not very wide as it winds through the countryside

What do you say? Lets go biking!