Belle River Bike

My last big cycling post had my longest bike being 36 miles (58km) in almost 3 hours.
I'd like to update that number to 38miles (61km)  in 3h15.
I had a few free hours yesterday and the weather was cloudy, cool, and perfect for a long ride. I gathered up some snacks, packed spare clothes and headed out, telling my room-mates I'd be back in 4 hours.
While it did take 4 hours total, I only rode for 3 of those hours. I meant to bike from Windsor - Belle River (19mi/30km according to Google) but made it to about 6km away before I decided I couldn't make it. I was stuck at a left-hand turn for about 10 minutes, waiting for a break in traffic. I never found one, and looking at the highway, I couldn't even see a safe space to cycle on. So I turned back to a restaurant I'd seen on my way there, and had a huge lovely salad for dinner.
The ride was great, and I managed to pick up some cherries and blueberries at a place off the side of the road to enjoy as a reward for making it back. It did rain the whole first half of the ride, and changing into dry clothes at the restaurant felt great. Everyone there was suitably impressed that I'd biked all the way from Windsor, which was obviously awesome :)

My bum hurts a bit today, but my legs feel great! This is the previous list I had made up of my cycling goals:

• Bike from Windsor-Point Pelee-Windsor, ~150km roundtrip, but I'd like to camp for a night there.
• (Metric) Century Ride, September 29th, 2012.
• Bike from Windsor-London (suburbs), 198km (~10hours)

It looks like I'll be on track to do the Pelee ride soon. I bought a 'back roads' map of Ontario and I'm hoping to have the time and energy! to map out a longer ride soon. The very best thing is that 38ish miles burns close to 2000 calories (according to dailymile), and I can't stop thinking of the awesome snacks I could bring on a ride! And all the awesome things I'll see! I'll leave you with a couple of pictures from my ride yesterday - I managed to find two really gorgeous places.

This is where I had my granola-bar lunch

Those houses must have THE BEST views ever

My bike's view while riding :)

Bikez

I went for an awesome bike ride today.
I woke up kinda late and I checked the weather.
It was going to rain, but the temp was nice so I decided to go for it. Perhaps I could beat the rain and be back before it started.

The rain did catch me, but it was light and only lasted a few minutes.
The weather was great and the view (on Riverside Dr) was amazing.
I bike 2.5 hours along the river, all the way to the 'beach'.
I wore my helmet and was prepared in the way of snacks. I forgot a water bottle :(

This ride helped me clear my head. It helped me fill a couple of hours where I didn't want to start writing papers, but didn't want to waste time watching TV.
I listened to about 40 songs and it was just the best.

I believe a repeat is in order next weekend, as the weather is predicted to be warm!! Yay.

Next time:
I will bring a 1.5L bottle.
I will bring my camera.
I will time the ride so I catch the sunset in the perfect spot.
I will try my hardest to bring someone to join me.
I may bring a map with me to be able to try come home a different route!