So the weather has not been cooperating with me the last couple of weeks. I took my fenders off about a month ago thinking that there would be enough nice days in a week to get all the riding in that I wanted. Unfortunately since then it has rained a lot more than I thought. The weather was great the last couple of days. I took Nathan over the the overpass yesterday to look at the cars. He just wanted to sit on my lap and watch the big trucks go underneath us. For a while he was standing up and screaming "WOW" whenever a big truck went under.
Today during Nathan's nap I biked along the Fern Ridge Trail and out to the wet prairie. My route took me down by the river, by campus, and through downtown Eugene until I got to the beginning of the trail. The trail goes through Eugene and west out past Eugene to the wet prairie. The path is pretty secluded even though a large portion goes through town. There isn't a lot of pedestrians once you get out of Eugene, it's well paved and pretty straight. Round trip was a little over 30 miles. It was a great ride, sunny, nice scenery and I was able to keep at 19-20 mph for most of the ride. This next week is supposed to be beautiful so I'm planning another trip out there and doing 40 and 50 mile rides. Here's some pictures of the wet prairie.
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