Troutbirder II

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Saturday, July 25, 2009

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!

10 comments:

  1. It looks like a nice path. Makes navigating the countryside a little easier!

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  2. Looks like my kind of trail. Great for kids and dogs.

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  3. It looks great. Biking is such great fun and the health benefit is a plus without feeling like it is work. Hope you enjoy yourself out there.

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  4. How great to have such a wonderful path to travel!

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  5. Great to have that close by. Will be even better with cooler weather. At the first mention of bike I thought of your wreck, but you mentioned quickly too.

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  6. What do I say? I say LET'S GO FLYING!!! I'm jealous you have a pilot friend with a plane: looking down at it all from on high is one of life's great pleasures!

    Nice story about the bike trail, the bridge over the trout stream looks nifty and neat. Yay!

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  7. Meet you there tomorrow morning at 5am TB. Just the kind of trail I would like to ride. May have to push the bike on the uphill though. :)

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  8. Looks like it will be a lot of fun.

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  9. I'm on board...just need a bike!! Looks great!! Loved the plane ride!

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