Heading towards the end of October and the start of Late Fall Weather

 Heading into late October and the unstable late fall weather patterns! So here is a few more rides, enjoy!

October 17-Just a beautiful day for a ride and the Creekside Coffee House too

Just a bit of Indian Summer on this Saturday so we had to get in a ride, headed out to get an errand in and then via the T-Gap Trail, back over to the Cottonwood Creek Trail and headed to the Creekside Coffee House for our bag lunch and iced tea. We thought it might be "hot tea", but it warmed up enough heading up the trail to change back to "iced tea"! The surprise was a "Family Halloween Carnaval was being held so the grounds were packed. We did find a table, and they were happy to get tea for us, so we enjoyed the madness and they even said a prayer for us, not bad at all! After that we rode back down Cottonwood Creek to the Pikes Peak Greenway and stopped for a late afternoon 2nd. tea and snack bar and then headed back to the apartment.

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October 18-Food Run and Lunch Ride 

Ah, time again for a Bi-Monthly Food Run to the Walmart Market just off the Rock Island Trail and Union Blvd. Did the shopping, loaded the cargo trailer and headed back to the apartment to stow away the food and supplies. Decided we wanted a good hot dog so we headed up to Smash Burger at the UVC Center of the PP Greenway-North. Man, they were Jam-Packed so it took a bit of time to get our order, but it was worth it, excellent dogs and the Bunns are excellent!

Decided to do just the Vincent St. Bridge Loop so we headed under Nevada Ave over to the "Cracked Trail" and Nevada Ave access trail over to the Vincent St. Bridge, looped around and then headed west on the Cottonwood Creek Trail.

Back to the PP Greenway, getting late we just headed back to the apartment and called it a day!

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October 19- Out and About on the Rock Island Trail

Been a bit since we rode to the current ending point of the Rock Island Trail at Powers Blvd. It was a bit of a chilly morning, we got to a small, dirt trail that heads to Constitution Place over to Constitution Ave. Picked up the sidewalk down to Powers Blvd and crossed over to get to Whataburger with a really nice patio area for our bag lunch and iced tea. Only problem it was in the shade with a bit of breeze so by lunch end, we both had goosebumps!!

Headed back to the Rock Island and then rode to the endpoint and did a turnaround. We headed back down and over to the PP Greenway a bit, then headed to Building 3 Coffee Roasters for their very smooth iced GREEN tea and a snack bar. Headed back to the PP Greenway and then decided to keep riding south to Duck Lake for a video shoot and then it was late afternoon and headed back home, a very enjoyable ride and got a needed errand done too!

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We will save the ride on the 23rd. for YouTube videos and video-shorts upcoming on the 25th and 26th. Will and them and probably the last October rides before Halloween! Until we Come Together, AGAIN-My FRIENDS, HAPPY TRAILS!

PS: the BLOG address is now: Out and About on the Recumbents-BLOG

(http://outontherecumbents.blogspot.com)

More October outings

 A bit more October outings to update the Blog!

October 10- PPRRN Meet & Eat Ride to Good Neighbors Meeting House for Lunch

Time again for the monthly PPRRN Meet & Eat, this month of October. Jo and I headed up to Criterium Bike Shop, just off the Pikes Peak Greenway. We are using it as a "meet point" to lead a ride over to the Templeton Gap Trail, east to Union Blvd. We pick up a short accessway to Templeton Gap Road, cross Fillmore St. and continue on the T-Gap Road bike lane to head west on the Rock Island Trail, picked up, Shooks Run Trail, south to Columbia St. and the Good Neighbors Meeting House for the EAT part of the ride. 

If you're not able to ride, we encourage meeting us and joining in. We had 4 riders and one person that was recuperating from a minor injury. ate, talked and enjoyed a beautiful day in So. Colorado! That was the "official" end of the ride/meet but we ended up taking Jill back to the Sinton Trail towards her home as she needed to go to a meeting of some sort. Jo and I went up to the Garden of the Gods Rd./Centennial Blvd intersection to see if the actually, closed down a Starbucks we have used in the past to get iced tea, RATS, it's closed up, they even took down the signs!! So, we headed to the Mavrick Station and had our iced tea and snack bar.

We headed back on the Sinton Trail to the PPGW and back to the apartment.

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October 11- A ride to Manitou Springs for a Picnic Lunch

Another beautiful day on tap so we headed out on the PP Greenway to the Mesa Springs Greenway to get to a few city streets to get us over to Midland Trail heading to our favorite picnic spot in Manitou Springs, just off the Creek Walk Trail. 

Headed back, to America the Beautiful park in downtown, Colorado Ave Bike Lane over to Pikes Peak Ave bike lane. Picking up Shooks Run Trail north and for a second time in 2 days ended up at the Good Neighbors Meeting House for iced tea and snack bar. Headed back home via Shooks Run Trail and Rock Island Trail Connector. Enjoyed a really kickback day of a ride!

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That's it for this Blog Enty folks! Today is gray, cloudy and rainy so it might be a few days before we get ridable weather around here, until we Come Together, AGAIN-HAPPY TRAILS! 

October 5, 2026-Food Run and Lunch Ride

 It was "that time" again to hook up the cargo trailer and head out on the Rock Island Trail to go to the local Walmart Market.

October 5- On a sunny morning, we got to the food store and as usual I did the shopping and Jo, stayed outside to do "Guard Dog" duty! After the mad rush and the pain of having to go through the register, finally got out of the store and loaded up the trailer and panniers for the ride home. 

 Arrived at home and set about unpacking and getting the supplies upstairs and the cold goods into the refrigerator and freezer!

After discussing what we wanted for lunch, we decided on getting a "burger" and headed north on the PP Greenway up to the junction with the UVC or University Village Colorado Center Smash Burger. After lunch, we headed out to ride the Vincent St. Loop and head home but wasn't ready to quit the ride so we headed down to Duck Lake just of the PPGW westside trail.

Starting to get late afternoon so we headed back up the PPGW, westside and home. Nice day even made a dreaded errand enjoyable!!

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Thanks for checking out the blog, more October rides coming up soon, HAPPY TRAILS!