Activity: mountain cycling
Location: Dupont Circle to the C&O Canal Trail (out to Fletcher’s Boathouse and back)
Distance: 12.2 mi. (rarely hilly)
Duration: 1:30
Weather: sunny and humid, 85 degrees
Avg HR: 140 (est.)
Type: light aerobic

A nice early evening ride with sprite. She’d never been on the C&O on a bike, and it was a great way to beat the heat. Sunday was a scorcher, and we rode to the Mt. Pleasant Festival, where we ate good pizza and bought a Weber Smoky Joe BBQ (I rode back from Mt. Pleasant – all 1.5 miles – with the grill slung under one arm). The ride on the C&O was great, though, and we stopped often to marvel at the wildlife: Canada geese with goslings, ducks with ducklings, big and little turtles swimming and sunning, small bass and big carp. It was really wonderful.