Ft Worth, TX. Trinity River Ride - 2 May 2010

[jerrykr]

Mrs. jerrykr (Sheryl) and I loaded up the hybreds and headed over to Ft Worth to ride our favorite trails in Trinity Park, and along the Trinity River Levees. We estimate that we rode 25-30 miles round trip. It was a beautiful spring day, and we saw some new scenery for us on this ride. We saw only one cruiser, mostly we were passed by high speed road bikes, which is the norm for this trail. We like the slower pace of the hybreds with the 700c wheels. Maybe I'll have a couple of cruisers ready for the next ride. I'm working on them.

First stop. Some fuel (breakfast) for the riders.

Trailhead parking lot behind the new Radio Shack/TCJC College in downtown Ft. Worth.

Chesapeake Tower from Trinity Park

Nice wide trail along the Trinity, perfect for biking, walking, dogs, baby strollers, etc.

Ft Worth Zoo Miniature Train Ride - Everybody waved at the photographer.

Artsy/Fartsy reflection picture of the Chesapeake/Pier One Tower.

Trail goes under the Railroad Tracks

We saw lots of pretty Spring Flowers

Riding along the top of the river levee.

We saw drilling for Natural Gas in the Barnett Shale which pays for Chesapeakes beautiful building.

We saw man-made waterfalls

And we saw Ft Worth's only natural waterfall.

We saw goats.

And we saw family baseball in a park along the trail.

And we rode under a moving freight train on our way back to the trailhead.

Hope you enjoyed the ride!
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[Rat Rod]

That was great Jerry!

Looks like a pretty sweet route to take.

Next time....hit Kincaid's for a burger, man I love that place. :wink:

 

[aka_locojoe]

I first learned of that trail via this fellows blog http://rattrappress.blogspot.com/ not to long ago
Looks like a nice ride. May have to check it out sometime.

 

[jerrykr]

Thanks guys. Kincaids has some of the best burgers in the world, no doubt. The Original location is the best just for the ambiance, but we have one here in Southlake now, locale and decor aside, the burgers are the same. (lucky us).

Sheryl and I would rather haul our bikes to any one of the many trails around here than brave traffic on the streets, and we really like the Trinity Trails in Foat Wurth. We also like to take a right hand turn and end up in the Stockyards for a cold one and lunch.

maybe I will do a pictorial trip to the Stockyards next time, but I believe we have our sights set on the rails to trails from Mineral Wells to Weatherford pretty soon.

http://www.traillink.com/viewtrail.aspx?AcctID=6017473

Enjoy the rides!
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[aka_locojoe]

Mineral Wells has been on our ride a rail-to-trail in every state to-do list. Been putting it off. Looks kind of desolate and I like trees Picture it being real hot so thinking winter might be a good time to ride it?

 

[Rat Rod]

Good plan Randy.

It's already supposed to get to 87 here today. :shock:

 

[user 135]

Looks like a great ride and beautiful.

 

[jerrykr]

locojoe, Spring or Fall would be my choice.

Summer can get pretty hot, In Summer, we try to finish our rides by noon.

Winter is iffy with rain and cold, but there are some beautiful days here in Winter if you are lucky.