West Side Nice N Easy, Sunday, July 26

by Allan Edmonds

Club members enjoyed a pleasant afternoon biking Ron Brown's West Side route on Sunday, July 26. Usually by this time of the summer it is too hot for me on a Sunday afternoon. But it was really quite nice.

Ten of us gathered in the shade on the grass at the south side of the Bryan Park Pool Parking Lot. After some chit-chat, we had Ron go over the planned route, so everyone new the plan.

We headed out Vernal and Woodyard to Loesch, then around Cook Incorporated and Ivy Tech. We went by the Airport, then stopped off at Karst Farm for a bit. Then it was by the Fairgrounds, which was a bit congested due to the County Fair, followed by That Road.

We finished up taking Clear Creek Trail and then neighborhood byways to get back to Bryan Park on Grimes Lane.

We covered slightly more than 24 miles in a little under 3 hours total, including slightly over 2 hours of riding, at a rate of 11.9 mph.

One rider dropped out on the way out of town, finding that he wasn't keeping up. Another, Tammy and her 3 year old on their tandem, got picked up at Karst Farm by husband Glenn. There's definitely a limit to how long a 3 year old can last on a bike.

Here's a shot of our rest stop at Karst Farm.

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Here's the basic route map. Note the cute little figure eight on the left!