Summer is coming to a close, temperature is slowly dropping and the Sun is setting earlier and earlier each day. Soon it will be a time to put away my bike for the season, but this weekend has been nice enough to make one last biking trip to and around the Tommy Thompson Park (still one of my favourite cycling paths in the city). Yesterday afternoon friend of mine and I went for a few hours the park for the last time this year. Since all the birds is the bird sanctuary left the area we were allowed to enter the area (as per signage which normally prohibits entering the breeding and nesting area from April 1 to August 15th) and roamed around the empty place. We saw quite a few dead birds laid around of the area, empty nests perched up on the trees and ammonia filled air. We spotted a beaver and awesome dragon fly as well. As the evening come fast, the air cooled off quickly so we head back home. It was great ride… perfect way to close off the season!

Here are few shots from my iPhone and cycling stats:

Finished Cycle: 2011-09-10 7:52:25 PM

Route: Tommy Thompson Park

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Ride Time: 1:36:28
Stopped Time: 3:26:59
Distance: 24.50 km
Average: 15.24 km/h
Fastest Speed: 38.36 km/h
Ascent: 88 meters
Calories: 570

Stats tracked by www.cyclemeter.com

Yesterday I went for a nice long bike ride with a friend of mine, all the way to Humber River Bridge and back. On the way we stopped at the Masala! Mehndi! Masti! Festival at the Harbourfront:

Later we did a swing by the Sugar Beach / Corus Quay where for the first time we had Sail-in Cinema set up showing movies for free during this weekend. We didn’t stick around for too long as the rain started to fall.

Finished Cycle: 2011-08-20 8:10:10 PM
Route: West Trail
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Ride Time: 1:59:17
Stopped Time: 2:26:50
Distance: 28.04 km
Average: 14.10 km/h
Fastest Speed: 76.75 km/h
Behind Best Ride: 37:00
Ascent: 130 meters
Calories: 584

Stats tracked by www.cyclemeter.com

It has been a beautiful Saturday, I went down to the Evergreen Brick Works where every weekend they have a farmer’s market and walked around the grounds with a friend. We have even spotted a very large snapping turtle in the pond by the by the market (see the photo here). Here are some stats from the bike ride today:

Finished Cycle: 2011-07-09 2:34:15 PM

Route: Brick Works
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Ride Time: 51:04
Stopped Time: 2:51:22
Distance: 13.93 km
Average: 16.37 km/h
Fastest Speed: 23.29 km/h
Ascent: 102 meters
Calories: 226

Stats tracked by www.cyclemeter.com