The fields around Bottom Road are now drained, we went past Lawson and Simpson Chapel and up Williams, which is now paved to the top of the hill. But the rest of the ride to the north end of Sample Rd is gravel, but well packed and easy to ride. Nice forest, quiet and little [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2007’
My Rans renewed
Dec 15, 2006
I just got my 10 year old Rans recumbent back from Bike Garage, they did a good job replacing the totally trashed bottom bracket, and installed new clipped pedals, and a speedometer, Jojo and I will now know how far and fast we are really going! Sunday I hope to get with Kevin [...]
Nature riding in Southern Indiana
This is my bike journal to track routes, mileage, wildlife, plantsweather, etc during my rides in the Bloomington, Indiana region, aka the Hoosier Uplands. I often ride with my pal Jojo, we are both over 50 and no longer racing through life. But we are still traveling, at about 12 mph on most weekends, up [...]
Flooded Moore’s Creek/Stipp Rd. Ride
Another beautiful January day in Indiana, still too cold for my speedometer, but plenty warm for riding. The exeptional rains during the week added to the already high water on Lake Monroe. We did not even try to get through, and o we came back up Stipp and explored the addition at the top of [...]
Wet Bottom Rd. Ride-Jan 13, 2007
Dang, it was wet when we left for Jojo’s house to ride, I just did not think to take the camera. The mist was pretty heavy when we started, and we hit some real rain on N. Kinser Pike. We figured if we got soaked we would head back, but the rain was light and [...]
Birdie Galyon to Shilo Road
Jojo and I got a wild hare after traveling down Kerr Creek to the end. Normally we would go up Getty’s Creek Road, or go over the ridge on Fleener and travel up Brummet’s Creek. But being in a good mood, we decided to portage our bikes straight up the ridge to Birdie Galyon, which [...]
First Ride of 2007, High Water
Ok, this is the first week of January, 2007, and we just rode an easy 25 miles, starting south past the YMCA along the bike route, across Jackson Creek and past the school, up Rhorer Rd. hill to ride south on Harrell Rd., go left and past the Road Closed signs at the beginning of [...]
Why ride my bike?
When I started working for the Bloomington Voice in the late 90’s I was thoroughly tired of driving the streets of Bloomington as I had for the last 15 years as a building contractor. A day with only one trip the lumberyard was rare, and jobs were scattered in every direction.
While we live just south [...]