After meeting up with Tom, Ron, Sandy and Ed on the east side of the shopping mall, we proceeded with caution to our usual watering hole in the Town of Weston. I say with caution because we now have numerous parents transporting their children to various schools throughout Broward County. Needless to say, many parents are distracted when the little tots are in the back seat. Bicyclists are not on their minds.
After staying at the water trough for 45 minutes, Sandy came up with a new and improved route to take back to the barn.
Our new route took us through Markham Park, the same park that I rode in yesterday. And much to my relief, because I left my helmet-cam home, there were no sightings of gators, iguanas or armadillos. Seems as though all of the wild life has left the area, maybe because they know something about Isaac that we don’t know. Isaac, for those who are not aware, is a tropical storm heading for Cuba and eventually the Gulf of Mexico – hopefully sparing we who live on the east coast of Florida.
After circling the park and then leaving Markham Park, we rode along that concrete cycling path from the park all the way to Flamingo Road, which is the main north/south corridor in that part of our county.
Part way down Flamingo Road, we stopped by Tom’s house to see his new wood decking that he is constructing underneath his relatively new Tiki Hut. Nice hut and nice deck. It was a pleasant break sitting underneath the palm-roofed hut with the cooling breeze blowing in from the ocean.
Average temperature, by the way, was 90 degrees with a steady wind of 15 mph coming off the Atlantic Ocean.
RIDE STATS:
Distance: 31.08 miles/50.02km
Time: 02:12:36
Average/Max Pace: 14.1/22.3 mph
Average/Max HR: 123/149
Elevation Gain: 169 feet
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