Starting in center city Philadelphia about 1:30, 6 of us rode the Schuykill River Trail to Valley Forge, hoping to ride the whole way to my brothers' house in Coatsville, PA. I left home without a paper map. That is not usual for me, but I have this 'smart' phone that I had the maps on. Well I have some learning to do when it comes to technology. I think I will always have a paper backup. I was getting 'panicy' when my phone (and maps) were running out of battery and less then 14%. I could exactly figure out where we were at in Valley Forge. Could not find road signs. I got my directions mixed up. The zooming in and out on my 'smart' phone was messing up how far things were a part. Distances were messing with my sense of direction. I am not sure what all was going on but I had some tired boys and I didn't want to ride too far out of the way, because when you are on a bike it is not just easy to back track. Well we did make it thru the Forge and didn't go out of the way too much. But we did have some tired guys and then we had some hills. We ended up not following the rest of the Google maps because we could not find the rest of the bike trail. We stop at Dunkin Donuts, everyone picked their favorite two donuts and we downed a dozen in minutes. Three were picked up there @ the DD shop and the Trek-A-Cross riders, Keith, Luke and I rode the last 20 miles. 52 miles in total for this training day. Feeling good. Top picture has David and Luke Brubaker. Luke my nephew will be riding with us on the Trek-A-Cross.
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| Enjoying our 12 donuts. Still 20 miles to go for the Trek riders. |
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| I am on these trips. I am usually behind the camera. |
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