The blast was the River Park E Bike Trail, in Lawrence, Leavenworth County, running alongside the Missouri River. Trail distance approx 9 miles through a woodland, skirting a skinny creek and cusping the lip of vast fields. Weather was fresh, dry and calm. Photo of the trail below:
Before I arrived back in Kansas in November my mountain bike was stolen in the UK. From now on it's a full suspension bike for me, the technology is awe inspiring, a privilege to be able to ride such a top piece of innovation.
When I returned the mountain bike to Sunflower's I was given an overview of the new bikes and a Trek FuelEx8 caught my eye. It looks like a switch from Specialized to Trek when I go back to the UK, picture below, cool, sexy, a work on art on 2 wheels..
Time has flown since I 1st arrived in Kansas in May this year. I have less than 12 days before I head back to the UK. It will be sad to leave, so many fantastic people I've met, the work experience, culture and freshness I've absorbed will stay with me for a very long time.
Looking forward to closing what I started @ work and maybe more mountain biking next weekend. Winter may scupper my plans but the interest will still be there. My Scottish experience of cold, wet, windy winters will do me in good stead. Sometimes I relish in the memories of it all, the frosted windows, the cold fog of breath, standing alone pierced by the low winter sun, as dark descends to close the day.
Tonight I finished off the day with a few friends having dinner, realising that we sometimes strive for things, that when we get them they don't really matter in our every day lives. It's our gut feel and intuition that guides us more than anything to what we really need.
Have a top day.
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