Having the bike carrier now, I can get to some more interesting starting points in a very short time. Today I drove to one of my favorite walking spots, a dead-end off of S 143rd St (red star top photo), by a pedestrian/biking bridge (white star) just north of the Ft Dent Park. I then did a loop ride through Ft Dent, over the Grady way bridge to the Springbrook and Black Forest trails going back north just west of Oaksdale Ave, and back under the train tracks right by the first bridge. Only 22 minutes and a wonderful combination of paved and wooded trails...

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