Riding the Withlacoochee Trail & More

Early Friday morning, February 13, 2009, off we went to ride the recumbents (bents) on the Withlacoochee Trail near Brooksville. The trail runs 46 miles with numerous trailheads making for easy access. Go here to learn more about the trail. http://tinyurl.com/2wgw9 We joined more than 25 other bent riders starting the ride at the Ridge Manor Trailhead. The ride intinerary called for the riders to head to Floral City with a visit to Hampton's Edge Bike Shop (a recumbent shop) before heading back to Ridge Manor. A lunch stop was planned for along the way. In the end, only a few riders rode to Floral City (20+ miles). Most rode to the 10 mile mark and turned back to Ridge Manor. By far there were more trikes being ridden than 2 wheeled recumbents. Audrey rode more than 20 miles while the Corsa logged more than 40. After the ride we headed back to Clermont with a stop at Wendy's for a snack.

Additional pictures of the ride can be found here. http://tinyurl.com/crw4yw

Today, Sunday, is moving day. We leave TTO and move to Lake Louisa State Park for a week. Our friends, John & Pat Lively, leave today too. Myron & Dorcas Whitley left on Friday and Rob & Bonnie Wall leave mid-week. Most of these folks will be back in TTO in a week or two so we'll catch up with them again.

Check out the short Withlacoochee Trail ride video below. Stay tuned for the next update. It will include a visit to Disney with our daughter, Denise, and her daughter Samantha. We are looking forward to the visit.

Here is a note we received yesterday from our daughter Cindy who resides in AZ. She is working hard to qualify for the Ironman in Hawaii - her second appearance.

"Just got back from long run with my friend Carolyn.  I've been helping  
her train for a marathon and I think I created a MONSTER.  She  
recently qualified for Boston and is training so hard that I can  
hardly keep up with her now.  Actually, it's good for both of us.

Doing a long ride tomorrow (3 hours, including some intervals).   
There's not too much time left before my 1/2 Ironman in California."