Weather in the Denver area has been rather warm lately -- into the 90's, so when we saw forecasts only in the high 80's with cloudy mornings, we decided to jump on our trikes and RIDE.
After three rides on the Piney Creek Trail west towards Cherry Creek State Park, we broke the pattern to discover what lay east. The map showed that the Piney Creek Trail ended in about a mile, but also showed a number of other trails in the area. Have GPS, will travel. We ultimately ended up at Aurora Reservoir with just a small bit of on-road riding The reservoir was beautiful, and mid-week trail use was very light. The wildlife sightings were spectacular.
Here's some of the wild life we saw:
Turns out this eagle had captured a snake, and was working on getting it to submit to being lunch.
The next day, we left Amy's home around 7:30AM and rode the Piney Creek Trail west to the Cherry Creek Trail. Again, breaking our previous pattern, we headed south on Cherry Creek Trail trying to reach Franktown. Alas, the final bit of the trail isn't open yet and since the only way to make the final miles to Franktown was on busy, high speed highway, we turned around before Franktown. We still got a beautiful 48 mile ride out of the day.
The previous evening featured thunderstorm with high winds and torrential downpour, so parts of the trail were rather wet and trees were toppled. In this picture we're up past the rims navigating the puddle. Slow speeds allowed us to get through unscathed (or wet).
This sign made me chuckle based on the warm temperatures. However I bet these trails are used throughout the year.
And then this one had us both a bit worried. This is not our favorite species!
The cloud formations are grand to look at. This one was most unusual.
The trail sports this sign. There were 113 cyclists and 38 pedestrians today, 23290 cyclists and 12154 pedestrians this year. Definitely worth the taxpayer dollars, I'd say...
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