Rides with Jenny

On a nice day few weeks back Jenny and I rode our bikes to Washburn (just over 15 miles away).  We had a delicious meal at North Coast Coffee (including ice cream) then rode NW out of town the County C turned on FR 236, cruised down to Ino, and headed home.  All in all in did a little more than 50 miles.

In late June there is a bike tour starting in Washburn, about 20 mins away (Superior Vistas).  Jenny and I have done the tour together several times.  There are several options for lengths but we've done the 40 mile, and 70 mile as well as one or two of the shorter distances).  Jenny has never ridden a century (but then again she had never ridden 40 miles when we did it - and then we pushed it to 70 a few years later) and I haven't ridden that far in many years.  Although I'm confident that both of us could physically ride that distance neither of us are interested in a suffer fest and so will play it by ear.  Routes of different lengths at least partially share their routes so we can adjust as needed on tour day.

So 1) to enjoy riding together and 2) to reduce teeth-gnashing on tour day we've been doing rides together.  Below are some pictures from three different rides:

Fueled up with lunch we're ready to ride!

The majority of the tour is held on smooth, mercifully low-traffic roads.

Mountains they're not (and the scale of it doesn't come through in the picture), it's not huge but it's not exactly a mole hill either.

Last summer Jenny got her hands on a fat bike and has really been enjoying the solid feel and comfort that big rubber provides (which are two reasons why I love them too).

Wondering what is taking my slow ass so long.

As Jenny rode by this tree I noticed that her jersey as the same color.

This being my 38th spring I perhaps shouldn't be surprised (but always am) by just how fast things turn GREEN - it happens just as quickly every year.  Just over a month ago I was riding through falling snow in a forest that had no leaves.  

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