Ohhh man I can't get enough of this weather! Don't get me wrong, I love all of the seasons, but spring is just so refreshing. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and the fishing is hot. For me, the toughest thing about spring is deciding what I'm going to do with my free time. Do I head home from work and grab the fly rod or should I string up the hammock and chill out under the redbuds in the backyard? Chase turkeys on Saturday morning or hit up the local singletrack? Lucky for me, my decision on what to do after work on Monday was an easy one. On my way home, Nathan gave me a call and asked if I wanted to go for a ride on a new route he discovered here in town. ..Uh, yeah! I'm always down for finding new routes weather they be on-road or off. After a quick change of clothes I strapped on the GoPro and we hit the road.
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| Pickwick Ave. |
We began our ride in the Roundtree neighborhood and then cut across Glenstone and proceeded East on Bennett. After a quick left on Barnes and we proceeded right onto Catalpa. Once we hit Catalpa Street the scenery began to improve. I started to see why Nathan liked this route so much. Catalpa Street is a
low traffic street that is full of beautiful homes and great views of
Pierson Creek.
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| East Catalpa Street |
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We took a quick water break near an awesome old log home off Farm Road 193. I wish I would have read the historical marker that was next to it. If only this old cabin could talk..
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| The Dryer Home |
After our break we continued on to Cherry Street and then headed south on Farm Road 189 back to Catalpa Street.
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| Cherry Street |
We headed back the way we came and wrapped up our ride in front of Pickwick House where we ran into a few friends who were playing music for the weekly Roundtree get-together.
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| Goat Milk Honey plus a few |
According to Strava, our route was a total of 13.1 miles and took us just under an hour. Total elevation gain for the ride was about 530 feet.
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| If you are a cyclist or runner I highly recommend the app Strava. It is a very useful tool for tracking your workouts and finding new routes. |
I have to say that this is probably my favorite road route that I have been on since I have lived in 417 land. This is an easy, low traffic route that I would suggest to anyone looking for a quick ride with some beautiful scenery. Although I'm not much of a road cyclist, this is a route that I plan on revisiting very soon.
East on Catalpa is a nice ride. The houses out by the creek are pretty amazing. One morning we saw a barred owl, two skunk and a fox between Hwy 65 and where it connects south at Hwy D/Sunshine. The owl was sitting on a heavy vine out over the creek. We saw this massive shadowed silhouette out over the water when we passed. We stopped, checked it out for a few minutes and it dropped from its perch and flew off down the creek silently.
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