Bikes + Burritos + Beer – It Cures What Ales You – If Only Temporarily

I woke up yesterday feeling sick. We had been looking forward to riding but the way I was feeling I didn”t feel like riding. I forced myself to go though. We rode up the Arkansas River path from Chapin Park and in the immortal words of Chuck Berry (does he have to be dead before I can say that?) “with no particular place to go”. We ended up doing a 38 mile loop in the big city utilizing multiple paths and a few sidewalks and streets. We stopped at one of our favorite Mexican eateries El Paisa for lunch. Once on the East side we decided to stop by Target and Cabela”s only to find them both closed. The weather was nice. The parks were full of picnickers and egg hunters. It was a great day and ride and I felt fine… till we returned home. Then I started feeling sickly again and still do today as I type this. Hmmm.

If I”ve never mentioned it before or you haven”t figured it out… the “big city” I always refer to, and that we live just outside of, is Wichita, KS the “Air Capital” of the world. The East side of this loop takes you by such aircraft giants as Beechcraft, Cessna, Boeing, Spirit and the McConnell AFB.

Nova with the historic John Mack bridge in background.

Lunch at El Paisa.

Us on the Chisholm Creek path.

Riding under the Beechcraft runway.

Great (self)timing!

I wasted a ridiculous amount of time creating a Google map of our ride for our local bike riding friends only to not be able to save it. Argh! So I just took this screenshot.