Saturday morning Chris and his daughter Ava picked up Doug and me, and we headed out to Manayunk - a couple of miles past the Falls Bridge - to meet our friends Susan and Jeremy for a 30-mile RT ride to Valley Forge Park. We took the tow path along the Manayunk Canal for the first couple of miles before picking up the trail out to Valley Forge. Poor Doug got a flat about 8 miles out, and Chris helped us out with a spare tube. Next time I'll be better prepared.
Doug really tore up the road trying to catch Susan and Jeremy and I think they got to the park only a few minutes ahead of us. On the way back Doug kept up with no problem, but had to ride the last mile with another flat. The tow path is pretty rocky in places and not good for a road bike. I usually ride up and around through Manayunk to avoid it - that's probably what we'll do next time.
I was really proud of Doug. At 30 miles, this was his longest ride to date and he wants to do it again next weekend. Before the end of the summer maybe he'll be ready to do the whole trip from home and back - that is fifty miles on the nose.
This blue heron was posing for us in the canal on the way back.
2 comments:
Way to go, Doug. With all those flats you probably did the equivalent of a 40 miler.
I did a 50 miler yesterday and almost died. Besides the loss of skin from my wreck it left me really sore and I'm having a tough time shaking it.
30 miles! Holy cow! I enjoy seeing the pictures.
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