13.5 mi bike ride with BB

BB and I rode to Trombetta's Farm and back today.  Trombetta's is one of our favorite ice cream runs so on a nice spring day it was a good trip.  Here's Trombetta's and the route.

Trombetta's is a rather funky place.  There's ice cream, a nursery, a children's make your own toy shop, an indoor miniature golf facility, and an eclectic collection of stuff for sale.  The ice cream is good and there are some nice shaded areas to sit.

We did a stretch on rt 20.  It was surprisingly OK as there were good shoulders and sidewalks.  Unfortunately we were going straight into a strong wind.  On the way back we looped through some neighborhoods avoiding 20.  They were pleasant to ride in with wide well paved streets and no traffic.  We did have to cross a substantial 3%+ grade hill about 600m long to get there though.  Of course we got to coast for the next few miles.  I topped out at 30 mph coasting down hill!

We stopped briefly at Wayside Inn as they were having an antiques sale in a very large tent.  We looked at going in but at $10 per it wasn't worth it.  I must also admit to being a bit taken aback by the notion of having to pay to shop.

We're going to try to work up to 20 to 50 mile rides with a view to going touring.  My knee was a bit tender from the ride on Thursday but didn't trouble me and is no worse after today's ride.

All in all a great day for a ride.