Spring Has Sprung

Temperatures climbed into the 60s this past weekend, so Caro and I dusted off the bikes and hit the trails.  Her tricycle was in fine shape, but my tires both needed a good pumping.  Last fall's goatheads had taken their toll.

We were testing the "pavement only" route from our house to the Flying Star north of Griegos on Rio Grande Blvd.  Here's the route map from Map My Ride:

It's 4.7 miles round trip on the bike path or low traffic side streets (mostly San Isidro).  There was a few hundred feet on Candelaria and another leg on Griegos from San Isidro to Rio Grande.  The video below #throughglass shows the bike lane on Candelaria as we approach the Rio Grande Animal Clinic.

On the way back we turned early off of Griegos and got away from the traffic by detouring past Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.  In retrospect, it's probably better to take the little bit of gravel ditch-bank road between Griegos and Dietz Place NE, which brings you up to the back of the Flying Star.  That would let you miss the traffic signal and congestion at Griegos and Rio Grande.  

Here's the view as we finish up on the bike path next to the Alameda Drain.

In a side note, a third party is offering Google Glass-like wearable cameras designed just for cyclists.  Not sure what that brings to the party that a GoPro doesn't.  Hide and watch.