Tag: bearspaw
TT solo
TT with @ppival
bike ride through bearspaw
riding through bearspaw in autumn
I got the chance to go for a quick bike ride this afternoon, and headed out west of our house, into the Bearspaw region. Some really nice rural roads for riding, and gorgeous scenery. One stretch of road has a very steep and longish hill, and I occasionally try to see how fast I can go down it. Unfortunately, the wind was not cooperating, and I only got up to 67km/h. Still, total fun, but not quite what I was shooting for. The wind did line up to make some really fun stretches of open road. Hill climbing into the wind, which is way more fun than it sounds. And fast flat stretches – cruising along at 48km/h on a flat highway is a blast. After that, some quick bopping around roads to the northwest of the city, and then back to ride around our community before heading home.
I love this time of year.
autumn valley moon
the view over the reservoir in Bearspaw, looking over the foothills toward the rocky mountains.
I went for a nice bike ride this afternoon, to celebrate (finally) finishing the first draft of my research proposal. What an amazing afternoon for a ride!
bearspaw background
bearspaw foothills
I went for a quick ride out to Bearspaw and then around Tuscany, while The Boy™ was in school today. Good day for a ride – the clouds kept the UV and heat down.
peaches for me
Evan and I went to the local Bearspaw farmer’s market to grab some fresh (and hopefully local) produce – of course the definition of “local” produce in Calgary is “BC” or maybe “US” or even “Mexico”. So much for the 100 mile diet…
birds
they sounded like seagulls, but looked like terns or something. I can’t seem to remember squat from my zoology undergrad days. I’ll just call them “birds” and be done with it.
There were many ponds along my route, but these birds – hundreds of them – were only found on this one.