Sunday, May 18, 2014

Paseo del Bosque Bike Trail, Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 18, 2014
Temp 60's - 70's
28 miles

What is a bosque? I didn't know so I had to look it up. Wikipedia describes it as the name for areas of gallery forest found along the riparian flood plains of stream and river banks in the southwestern United States. It derives its name from the Spanish word for woodlands. Well, it was very pretty and I learned something new today!


Out of all the trails we have ridden, this one has to be one of the most used trails we have seen. Maybe it had to do with it being a beautiful Sunday morning. We saw horse riders, inline skaters, LOTS of dog walkers, joggers and all kinds of bicycles (we saw 4 other tandem riders)! Even though there were a lot of people out on the trail, we averaged 16 mph, which is very good for my first ride of the year. What was very nice about this trail, was that it had a dirt/gravel trail right next to the paved trail and most of the dog walkers and some of the joggers used it.

 Rio Grand River

Sandia Mountains

Before leaving Albuquerque we had to eat Mexican food. We ate at a place called Little Anita's in Old Town Albuquerque. The food was delicious but the service was very slow, probably because it was Sunday lunchtime.

Thanks Albuquerque, we enjoyed our stay!

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