I'm going on my longest motorized bicycle ride today. Probably 50 miles, maybe more. I found out about a part of town I never heard of before called The Cedars area. Turns out it's one of the oldest parts of Dallas. Rich people populated the neighborhood in the late 1800s. It's directly adjacent to the South side of downtown Dallas. This was the hot place to live before everyone started moving to old North Dallas up along Ross, and Swiss Ave in the early 1900s
There's only 5 or 6 original homes left, from before the neighborhood went industrial in the early 1900s. The old red Sears building on Lamar is in this area. What's attracting me to the area today is there's a hiking trail that crosses the Trinity river into Oak Cliff. That's where I'm headed on my electric bicycle.
I'm planning to ride my regular route through Highland Park, down the Katy trail to downtown, through downtown, and along Lamar into the Cedars area. Then I'll head North through Oak Cliff, back up to Hampton, and then I'll cut across Hampton back into West Dallas, and from there home. Might have to stop by Strokers to save myself from dying of thirst.
This is going to be at the limit of my battery, so it's going to take some skill, and maybe a little luck it get all the way back home under power. Oak Cliff is loaded with power sapping hills.
This is my favorite kind of ride, looking for adventure. I've been riding like this all my life, and if you never hear from me again, you'll know I didn't make it. See you on the other side.
There's only 5 or 6 original homes left, from before the neighborhood went industrial in the early 1900s. The old red Sears building on Lamar is in this area. What's attracting me to the area today is there's a hiking trail that crosses the Trinity river into Oak Cliff. That's where I'm headed on my electric bicycle.
I'm planning to ride my regular route through Highland Park, down the Katy trail to downtown, through downtown, and along Lamar into the Cedars area. Then I'll head North through Oak Cliff, back up to Hampton, and then I'll cut across Hampton back into West Dallas, and from there home. Might have to stop by Strokers to save myself from dying of thirst.
This is going to be at the limit of my battery, so it's going to take some skill, and maybe a little luck it get all the way back home under power. Oak Cliff is loaded with power sapping hills.
This is my favorite kind of ride, looking for adventure. I've been riding like this all my life, and if you never hear from me again, you'll know I didn't make it. See you on the other side.
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