Friday, September 18, 2015
Xenia Adventure
We arrived at the Greene County Fairgrounds Tuesday morning.
The plan for the day was to ride north along the Little Miami Scenic Trail
to Young's Dairy for breakfast.
to Young's Dairy for breakfast.
A tradition with the group.
A newly constructed covered bridge crossed the Little Miami Scenic Trail.
We stopped to investigate the Hyde Road Bridge.
A car came through the covered bridge as we were leaving.
The construction intrigued the engineers of the group.
The weather was quite pleasant; we rode 24 miles.
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Wednesday's ride was to the Carillon Park in Dayton for lunch.
The ladies decided they would meet us at the Eastwood
Metro Park just east of Dayton.
Here we are.
Ready or not.
Ron, Don, John, Mike and Jack.
Mike and I swapped places so I could be in the photo.
We stopped for a break along the Creekside Trail.
Don checked out the recumbent.
Eastwood Park. Waiting for the ladies.
The ladies with their bikes in the truck.
The last stretch along the Mad River Trail was a bit difficult
as the trail/roads within Dayton were under construction.
Dayton from the Mad River Trail.
The stronger riders carried their bikes up the stairs.
The rest of us rode the circuitous, less steep path to the top.
Where beer is brewed the old fashioned way.
Some had huge reuben sandwiches -
four of us took half of our sandwich home.
Some sampled the beer.
We returned along the Mad River Trail together.
The ladies stopped at Eastwood Park.
John, Don and I continued on the Creekside Trail,
except that we 'accidentally' happened upon the Iron Horse Trail
taking us south towards Kettering.
Oooops.
We turned around - an additional three miles we didn't need.
We met up with Jack and Mike who hadn't taken the scenic tour.
We ended the day with 46 miles -
more than I have ridden at one time all year!
I was exhausted!
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Thursday, John and I rode the Little Miami Scenic Trail south, then we
rode west on Route 725 to Bellbrook and the Blue Berry Cafe.
The 'Muffin Man' showed the patrons his wares.
We ordered two blueberry muffins for breakfast the next morning.
"The muffins are sleeping.
Twenty seconds in the microwave will wake 'em right up."
Thursday morning, the three couples from North Carolina made a trip to
Jungle Jim's for supplies to make Cincinnati Chili
for a community dinner.
Thank you, Ladies! The chili was quite good!
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# posted by Martha @ 8:24 PM 
