walking the 380 greenbelt trail with a flat tire bicycle

[gurdonark]

380 greenbelt trail, originally uploaded by gurdonark.

My young friend and I rode our bicycles yesterday on the 380s Greenbelt Trail, an 11.7 mile roundtrip on a paved path through a woodland by a creek. On our way back he suggested we try the equestrian trail. It was very green, a bit overgrown, and unpaved. I loved seeing a herd of whitetail deer dashing off in the distance. My friend managed to get branch from a thorny black locust tree in a tire,so that we had to alternate for 3.8 miles who got to walk his flat tired bike and who rode mine.But we still made it to Denton, where we found a bike shop to fix the flat, a nice time at Mad World Records, tasty big bowl soups at Ramen Royalty, and yogurtlicious frozen yogurt at Yogurt Story.

Aphorism of the day: you hear a lot more chickadees when you walk than when you ride.

Comments

[kelquestor.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful, rounded day, and I'm so glad the flat didn't ruin it for you. Nice of you to share your bike after that! It's always worthwhile going off the beaten track, I think. And to stop and smell - I mean hear! - the chickadees.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I was glad we went off the beaten track, locust trees and all.
The flat could have been discouraging,but in the event it became part of the story.

Chickadees are great! They say chick-a-dee-dee-dee, justifying their naming.