Our Bike Ride to Kick off the Summer

 Waking up to temps in the low forties made me more than a little nervous about how to dress for our bike ride into Point Beach State Park.

I layered on three shirts with a jacket over those for good measure.

I even had a winter hat and gloves with me, but luckily, I did not need to bring those out.

The temp was 54 when we got to Two Rivers.

The sun was shining and there wasn't too much of a wind, so we felt like it was going to be a find day for a bike ride.

 Before our ride, we ate some snacks in Nashotah Park.

Then we hit the trail.

 No matter how often we ride this trail, the scenery never gets old. 

I love how the trail winds around in the forest, going up and down just enough to keep the ride fun and easy.

The smell of the pines is so nice.

 Here's John taking a little rest during our ride.

 This is our little cabin that we stop at each time we ride the trail.

It is actually a historical building, not sure if anyone ever stays there or not.

 As you can see, I have shed the jacket and pushed up the sleeves of shirt number one.

 This is our view when we look up.

 And after seven miles we made it to the Lake.

We always stop at the concession stand and buy a soda.

 This was our view for our soda break.

By this time I had shed shirts two and three and was down to just my sleeveless biking shirt.  The sun was so nice and warm.

 Here's John on our break bench.
Lake Michigan is so beautiful at this place, almost as pretty as the gulf at St. George.

After our stop at the concession area, we ride down to the old lighthouse.

After we returned to Nashotah Park, we had a little snack and then decided to ride toward Manitowac.

It was easy going as it always is, but the ride back was against the wind and uphill.

By the time we made it back to Two Rivers, we decided we needed a blueberry smoothie as McDonalds as a reward.



After 25 miles we headed back to Oshkosh for a night at the Van Auken B and B.

Courtney and family were away camping so we had the place to ourselves.

We ordered Rocky Rococco's for dinner.

I cleaned and organized Tiz and Soli's bedroom and the playroom

We both slept great on Saturday night.

On Sunday we rode around Oshkosh for about 12 miles.

We love Oshkosh because it is so flat and riding is so easy.

It was a great way to kick off summer 2013.

As long as we are able, we plan to ride this trail on Memorial Day weekend.