Tour de Pumpkin Russellville Arkansas

[fastdogs]

how are you liking that surly?
looks like you had great weather, and such neat scenery!! I'm glad you got the furthest traveled award, and what a thoughtful prize for it! What distance was it, was it hilly?
vickie

[uforgot]

I love my Surly! I have more pics of her than I do of myself traveling. The course was hilly, but I'm getting to where they don't even bother me. Used my granny ring only a couple of times. I also recommend the Big Dam Bridge in Little Rock. I went there this summer when I had a conference. Little Rock had to be one of the friendliest towns I've ever visited and the Big Dam Bridge was a great ride. Well, except for the flat, and my brakes out of whack...There is a river trail on both sides of the bridge/river. The Clinton library is really close as well. I had to take pictures of it for my nephew as he is an architecture major and the library is one they study because it was made to look like a bridge, (or so he tells me).

Now I think I'll explore Oklahoma and Texas this winter and Iowa next summer.

[Tuckervill]

Dang, I didn't even know about that ride!

I do ride the Bench Trail on Mt. Nebo whenever I can. It's a flat mountain bike ride around the top of the mountain, just down from the summit. The bench is natural, and back when Mt. Nebo was a resort town (early 20th century), people had cabins and places to swim dug into the side of the mountain.

I would NOT want to ride my bike up Mt. Nebo, though. I was there for the Tri-Peaks challenge one year, and saw lots of roadies going side-to-side just to get up it.

Post it next time it comes around!

Karen