Stemley Road

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Finally a road with some flatness.   Once you get past Stemley Bridge  it’s almost level.  I     Turned around after Central High School.  Fun ride!

Lincoln I-20 Exit

Not too hot for end of May in Bama.  Took the Stemley Bridge Lincoln route as before but slightly longer.  Wonderful ride.

Red Hawk Trail

Red Hawk Trail is another loop branching off from Walker’s Crossing Trail.  Today with the additional benefit of a light cooling rain, a joy to ride in.

Lakeshore Drive

This is a loop coming off Walkers Crossing Road.  Great views of  the country side, Steamley Bridge and the lake.  Nice evening ride after a hot day.

Logan Martin Dam

Hot and humid again but I need to ride.  Decided to try Logan Martin Dam.  The road is mostly big rollers, which are a great workout.  The dam and lake are lovely.    My Dad took me on a tour of the dam when I was 6, when the dam was new.  Very exciting for a kid.

32 miles round trip

View from dam

Lakeside Park

Cloudy humid day.  I rode past the park to recreation area ball fields and stopped at the lakeshore.  Several nearby thunderclaps got me moving toward home.  Fun racing the rain home.   

The beautiful park at at Pell City Lakeside.

Lincoln Fire Station

Lincoln Fire Station

Stemley road starts near the bridge over Lake Logan Martin and ends near Lincoln Fire Station.  32 miles round trip.  Not too much traffic.  Fun ride.

Eagle Point MTB

There are a few dirt trails in the neighborhood, maybe old fire roads. I tried riding all of them in both directions, not hard.  Across a branch of the lake are lovely views of hilly grassland.
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Pine Mountain Road

I rode to Springville and turned left at the stop sign.  You ride gradually upward along Canoe Creek then Canoe Lake.  The road steepens, you leave the dense tree cover and climb up a lovely hairpin curve and a set chicanes.  These were a blast on the way back down.  Now you reach the ridgeline at Pine Mountain Road and continue climbing past the cell tower.  Lots of rolling terrain here past the Birmingham water works Inland Lakes and then the Blount county line.

I retraced my steps with lots of steep rollers on the return as well.  Beautiful bike ride!

From Pine Mountain ridge line

Chief Ladiga Bike Trail

My brother in law James mentioned a rails to trails bikeway in the area so I had to check it out.  I drove to Anniston Alabama and started the bikepath at Weaver.  The trail is very smooth and has no hills.  It feels like you are in a long green tunnel.  Somehow in the small college town of Jacksonville  I veered off the path and wandered aimlessly awhile.  Then back on course eventually to Piedmont.  Will have to return and continue toward Atlanta.

Iron arch bridge at Piedmont (corten steel maybe?)

New brake cables

Needed to check out my new brake cables so headed across Stemley bridge and turned south.  After a few miles of rolling hills you turn west On Renfro.  Slightlyl less hilly in this direction.  Now I turned   South  on Plant Road and resumed ridge after ridge.  I finally gave up at  Plantersville Road and turned around.    Missed a turn and went to Talladega Federal Prison.  Finally got back on track and rode into headwind with rolling ridges.  Bought some water and struggled home.

Lakeside Marina

Down highway 231 to Lakeside Landing Marina.  Traffic-full but nice weather.  Good workout.

Stemley Bridge

Started on Church Road but I ended up at the back of the airport.  Then I tried heading toward the lake like yesterday but this variant ended in a rail yard.  So I headed back near Lakeside Park and turned onto Stemley Bridge Road.  This takes you over the Coosa River/Lake Logan Martin  bridge.  After returning over the bridge turn right on Cedar Lane and head home.  Good workout.

Saint Clair County International Airport

A longer ride today to the airport, golf course, lakeside neighborhoods and pretty countryside.  The temperature was in the low 60’s; felt like Italy.

Crimson Clover

Revisiting Walker’s Crossing Road today,this time along the pastureland .  Gorgeous

Lakeside Park

Another ride on the Schwinn, this time to Pell City’s Lakeside Park.
Lovely trails with native plants, ducks, geese, and cranes.  Very relaxing.

The Lakeside Flagstaff

Walker’s Crossing Road

Another bike check ride.  This time a  Schwinn Aluminum Comp.  Much lighter bike and better handling as well.  Today I rode a bit further to Walker’s Crossing Road.  A lovely old log cabin here with large guard dog which only barked, no bites

Iris

Schwinn Aluminum Comp

Pioneer era log cabin 

May’s Bend Road

A change of pace today: I’m in Pell City Alabama near Birmingham.  My niece saw I was bikeless and loaned me her bike.  Today I cruised on the hills of May’s Bend Road, situated in the archipelago of Lake Logan Martin.  Beautiful Alabama spring flowers and trees.

1987 Lotus Explorer
40 pounds of CroMoly love 

Villa Varda

Villa Varda is another beautiful spot along Fiume Livenza.  Cold and sunny day perfect for winter training.

Solarium

Church