Randy Rasa, webmaster for the
Kansas Cyclist website and the co-producer of the
Kansas Cyclist Podcast, and I went on a nice 83 kilometer ride in the late afternoon into the evening. Randy wanted to hear David Herlihy read some passages from his book called
The Lost Cyclist at the Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch at 18:30. The
event was sponsored by Rainy Day Books. I did not read the book or attend the reading since we got their late and we had heard that the library was not the safest place to leave our bikes even when locked. So I caught up on some e-mail and RSS news on my iPhone while Randy joined about 25 others listening to David inside.
The pictures were taken on an old bridge on Kenneth Street and 151st Street that crosses the Blue River. Randy likes to find old bridges. It was a beautiful day with temperatures in the high 70's and then when coming back from The Plaza in the dark down to the high 60's. I usually don't like to ride at night but with proper lighting it is amazing how much less traffic there were on roads that I cycle on all the time.
Another interesting part of the ride was riding down the Blue River Parkway in Missouri and then entering
Swope Park in Kansas City. The parkway is a wonderful ride as the pavement is smooth, there is not much traffic and it follows along the Blue River and also numerous mountain biking trails. With all the recent rain there was a spot where the road was partially destroyed but it was no problem getting by on bicycles. See picture to the left. We did not have much time to explore
Swope Park since we were late for the reading but it is an incredible place. See link for more information.
A map of the ride is available from my
Garmin. Total distance was 83.11K and our average speed was 22.7 KPH.
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