Merrilou needed some quiet time to study on Sunday so I called DM and we decided to meet at Tingley Beach and talk about where we wanted to go. At first we thought it might be nice to just bounce around town for a few hours but drivers were really crazy that morning and we felt it would be safer to get out of the city limits. We decided on the East Mountain Loop. Here's the route we took:
Sunday Ride
The leg up North 14 was pretty chilly so we stopped at Frost Road (B) to see if we really wanted to keep going. We did. The next stop was in Edgewood (C) to warm up. Had lunch at The Ponderosa (D) then came down the hill on South 14. South 14 is usually a really cool ride with all the twisties and all but today there were three Sheriffs at the top and lots of traffic on the way down. We were able to tear it up for a little bit but soon the heavy traffic slowed us back down to sane speeds and we followed traffic down to the bottom.
Once back in town we stayed on Central and played tourist/Sunday rider. David asked me if I was feeling ok. I don't usually like to cruise Central on the bike but I knew he did so ... Ended up at the top of 9-mile hill (E) where we stopped for a bit then went our separate ways. Total time from leaving the house to returning was about 5 1/2 hours and I had put about 130 miles on the bike.
It was a good Sunday.
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