This morning we loaded the bikes into the truck and drove the 20 minutes or so to the Bell Rock Pathway trailhead:

The trailhead parking lot was full, so I drove into town, parked, and rode back to the trailhead.  Not a bad backdrop for a strip mall:

Riding the Bell Rock Pathway was surprisingly challenging in spots, and the scenery was amazing:

We rode some singletrack on the way back:

By the end of the ride I had bloodied an ankle, bruised a knee, and broken the clip that bolts on to the bottom of the cycling shoe.  M self extracted from his shoe an inch-long cactus thorn that went through his shoe and into his foot.  We can’t wait to go again!