Adventures with Amy

After leaving my trike with Rachel at Rocky Mountain Recumbents, we drove down to Aurora to see my sister, Amy, and her family.  We got to deal with some rush-hour traffic, but nothing like the Bay Area, so all was good. We parked Bertha, our van, on the edge of Amy's driveway, leaving room for Amy to get in from work. We unloaded dirty laundry to Amy's laundry, and then sat down to a lovely dinner with Amy's family in their lovely air conditioned home.  Temperatures continue to be in the 90's so we're drinking lots of water, and loving any place that is air conditioned.

We arose early to get in a bicycle ride before the temperatures soared. Amy led us on a lovely ride on the Piney Creek and Cherry Creek trails. Paula road Rocky Mountain Recumbents' Catrike Dumount, I rode Paula's HP Velotechnik Scorpion with BIONX assist, and Amy rode her Pedego.

Temperatures from 7:30 to 10:00 were glorious. Just enough breeze from moving to stay cool; plus we soaked up any shade we could find.

Surfaces over the 26 miles were either concrete bike trail, park roads, or hard-pack dirt. Easily traveling the whole time. We're glad Amy was our guide though, as we could never have found our way back.

Amy spotted a turtle on our route, and of course we saw lots of birds. At one point we paralleled a dog park. One American Bulldog even had sun glasses on.

Sorry to be so sparse on photos. This bike doesn't have a phone mount like mine does. The wonderful news is that the new motor appears to be the trick for getting my trike back on the road. Rachel called with the good news, so we'll pick it up tomorrow morning. Can't wait!