The Bugline

Thanks to my good cycling buddies I enjoyed an excellent bit of riding during the first week of October. Daily mileage of 86-20-41-26-42-44-55 gave me 314 for the week and put me at 8404 for the year. Only 1596 miles to go!

With snow and 35 mile per hour winds forecast for Wednesday and beyond, Darin, Russ, The Boss and I decided to get some mileage in Monday night by riding the Bugline Recreational Trail. If you live in the area don't let the information suggesting that the trail is closed concern you - it's all rideable. It's a fun trail to ride with a mountain or cross bike and at night it gets even better. Flying down the trail in the dark adds a bit of uncertainty to the adventure. Darin put it best when he said, "I feel like a 15 year old kid". Indeed!

The rabbits were everywhere and we came real close to broad-siding a white tail deer, as well as the odd pedestrian walking on the middle of the trail, in the middle of the night, miles from nowhere.

The Boss leads Darin and Russ into the great unknown

The eastern end of the trail is only a few blocks from a Starbucks (What place on the planet isn't?) so we stopped in to warm up with some hot chocolate. A fine ending to a great ride.