My Birthday Ride

I always go on the bike path on my birthday. Since my birthday is in mid August I am lucky lucky lucky to NEVER have to work on my birthday.  I generally make the day all about me! For several years I have been running but due to my heel this year I am biking.  The Burlington Bike Path crosses the Winooski River with a bike bridge that connects with Colchester. Then you meander through the neighborhoods until you come to the causeway, an old railroad track.  The track doesn't go quite all the way to South Hero. There is a "cut" that boats  can get through.  In the summer on the weekends you can take the bike ferry across and ride much farther.  You can't beat this relaxing beautiful bike ride as a birthday treat.

I am guessing this picture is from the dedication/grand opening of the bike bridge.

The causeway which is 3 miles one way until you reach the cut.

So today three of my friends and I rode the whole bike path which is always gorgeous and the causeway. It was a gorgeous day!  We rode slightly more than 24 miles in all but it is an easy 24 miles.  It is mostly flat. We got started fairly early and man did the bike path get crowded later.  A lot of the people at that point had no idea about bike path etiquette and were pretty much in the way!  

Riding near the beginning of the causeway 

Looking out - you can see it extending way in the distance(The white rocks on the side of the trail)

  

Looking ahead/My three friends/At the cut looking across- it's  a short distance

Green Mountains behind us

Adirondacks in the distance behind the bikes

A boat going through the cut

After the ride we went out to lunch which was excellent. It seemed like I barely got home and showered before it was time to leave for dinner with my husband and my son.  We went to a steak house where I had the most fantastic teriyaki steak. I intended to take pics but forgot to take a picture of the salad - it was fantastic,  took a picture of the steak when I was half done and took a picture of the chocolate peanut butter dessert when we were ALL done.  I shared!  So pictures of the meal equaled a failure!  

All in all -  a great birthday!