MY NERDY BIKE RIDES
Last weekend, completely unexpectedly, I found myself putting my Roubaix on top of the car and driving 70 miles east to Valley Forge National Historical Park . I've always wanted to take my bike there and ride through the park...and, with my Saturday completely wide open, I snagged the opportunity. Granted...I wish my wife could have been with me...or, for that matter, any of my riding friends...but I was perfectly content to be there by myself. Just me and my bike and a whole lot of nerdiness. I've been to Valley Forge quite a few times...but never on my bike. The thing that amazed me about my bike ride through the area used as a winter encampment by General George Washington and the Continental Army in 1777 and 1778 was how much of more of the park I was able to see by riding my bike as opposed to driving through. I saw entrenchments, land formations, and smaller monuments and markers that I had never noticed. So cool...and yes, very nerdy....