B-Cycle Exploration Day!

Today, I enlisted my dear friends Kevin and Tenly to help me explore Denver by bicycle so that I'll feel more comfortable on my future B-Cycle rides. They were excellent tour guides!

The ride was pretty epic. I am frankly astonished that my out-of-shape self made it! You never really realize how many hills there are around town until you have to climb them on a bike. Capitol Hill, for example, is very aptly named.

The route: I met Tenly and Kevin in Cheesman Park, and from there we rode south to Cherry Creek. We then continued south on Steele, then west on Louisiana past Wash Park to the Louisiana and Pearl B-Cycle/Light Rail station. We stopped for a break and a treat from Duffy Roll. YUM.


From there, we rode up Logan and dropped Tenly off at home so she could go to yoga, and Kevin and I continued north to Speer, where we hopped on the Cherry Creek Trail. We emerged at 14th and Larimer, and then jogged over to Wynkoop and up through LoDo to Coors Field. Stopped for a photo op at Union Station, natch.

From there, we went across 22nd past the Mercury Cafe and into Uptown, then east on 16th to Franklin, which we took back into Cheesman Park. Then in was just a short ways back to the Botanic Gardens B-Cycle station where I'd started! Total miles: +/- 14. Whew!

I made a My Map on Google Maps so you can see the WHOLE EPIC RIDE, complete with more photos!


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