Biking and more biking

So many trails, so little time.

After spending the weekend with Ken and Lisa, we headed north to Windsor, where Bret and his family live.  We have the "downstairs suite" in the basement, which is nice and cool even during the day time. Thanks to COVID😡 Ella can no longer take the bus to school, even though it is more than 2 miles by car.  We followed her on the bike path she'll take to school, which transitions from neighborhoods to open fields and farms.

Below is the path that is right behind their home.

It will be about a 15 minute bike ride to her school.  Riding on the gravel was a lot harder than being on the cement, but I enjoyed the wide open spaces and very few other people which slow us down.

This is where the path transitions from cement to gravel.

The next day, we repeated the route to school so Ella could try out her new bike lock.  We also added on some mileage by biking past the house and over to Windsor Lake.

This time we rode back and forth over the roller coaster section near the school.  Variety is the spice of life!

On another day we headed west towards the Rockies and had a prairie dog village on one side and the canal on the other.  A few years ago, this was all open fields.  Sadly, now housing developments are taking over.  Our turn around point one day was the brewery, but it was way too early to have a cold one (for me a cold one would be water with ice).    

The longhorn paid no attention to us as we went past.  I guess he didn't want to "steer" us in the wrong direction. 😂

 

A view of the Cache de Poudre River from the trail by Eastman Park, where there is a trailhead and a starting point for many of our rides when we're in Windsor.Below were the views we had the one day as we headed westward.

The bridge over the Cache de Poudre River on the way to Timnath.

With my 3 speed automatic shift bike, I had to pick up speed as much as possible so I could make it to the top since it's steeper at the end.. My sister-in-law, Doris and I have the same exact bike, so she can relate.  😏 Our bikes with the comfy seats are not made for steep inclines!