Archive for May, 2007
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
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“On The Border” in Jackson serves delicious food and an art adventure. |
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Posted in Bikes, Life | No Comments »
Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Jeanne and I have new-to-us recumbent bikes; got them last week,
and we live within a mile of the 40 mile Longleaf Trace. Nice. |
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| We headed to the trace Saturday but took a break on the USM campus on the way. Well, TWO of us needed a rest! I’m thinking to myself, “If we aren’t even to the trace and already tired … “. OK, to be fair, this was my 3rd trip and their first so let’s not be smug; also their first time on a bike in a long time. In addition we had just pushed the bikes a lot and there was some grade, i.e. hills. Pushed? Yes, I didn’t want them getting their bike legs with traffic around. In any event they acclimated quickly once we started riding. On the trace Jeanne led the way, the whole way. The photo above shows the view I had the entire time. We loved it. It was so relaxing. (And we felt good afterwards. Sleep was so welcome last night. Of course the pig-out at Barnhills with friends put the tail on the donkey.) You get the idea that we loved the Longleaf Trace, and the recumbents? Even now looking at the pictures I feel relaxed. I am really looking forward to retirement (next summer). This summer I am off and, thus, it serves as a preview. |
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| The Longleaf Trace is a wonderful ride. It is a reclaimed rail path and is very straight with gradual grades and turns. There are rest areas and small towns along the way. I hear that stopping off in Sumrall for a snowball treat is a must, and that dinner at the Country Kitchen buffet in Prentiss is highly recommended. It will be a while before we are up to the 40 mile trek from Hattiesburg to Prentiss but I look forward to it. The plan is to go up one day, spend the night, and come back the next. |
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Jeanne finds a penny,
we already felt lucky. |
We turn around just past the Interstate 59 overpass. |
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| You know how a regular bike seat hurts, a lot; and how your wrists and hands get really tired from bearing your weight; and you remember that nagging bent over position on the 10-speeds? Not on these bikes. This is our first exposure to recumbents but already we love them. We bought two, one for me and one for Jeanne. At the time kurt was not sure he wanted one and Moore’s Bikes, a local shop, only had two used ones. We went for a ride on the trace Saturday partly to help Kurt decide on a bike for himself. He rode mine and I rode an old upright. Success! Kurt decided, he wants a recumbent. I called a shop near the Jackson airport, “Ride South”, and they have some used recumbents. So we will go Thuesday when we take a friend to catch a flight to Europe. I’ll update as we learn more about recumbent biking and about the Longleaf Trace.
Post Script: At the USM gateway we met a guy that lives and works close to the trace. He travels it for just about every where he needs to go for approximately 45 miles per day, over 1,000 miles a month. He rides an upright and his main complaint was that his hands get numb and wrists get sore. He was very interested in the recumbents. |
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