Date of Trip: 21 August 2022
Adventurers: Travis, Amy, Andrew, Clara, Nate
Location: Douglas County, CO, USA
Trailhead: Highline Canal - Waterton Trailhead
Trip Objectives: Highline Canal - Segments 2&3
Total Time: 2.5 hours
Distance: 9.7 mile
We've started a new family adventure project - to section-cycle the Highline Canal Trail, a 71-mile mixed use trail that runs next to a historic irrigation ditch that enabled the settlement of Denver. Segment 1 is in Waterton Canyon, which we have biked many times. Today we tackled sections 2 & 3 on the southern edge of Chatfield State Park. It was a fun ride on a glorious day! ... Until 1.5 miles before our end point, I noticed that Nate's rear tire was flat.
He and I walked back to the shelter where Travis was going to pick us up in the van after riding fast back to the start. When I explained to Andrew and Clara what took us so long, they said, "Oh we both have flat tires too!" And Travis said, "yeah my front tire went flat."
After thoroughly inspecting all tires at home, it appears we rode through a patch of thorns. Out of 10 tires on this expedition, only 2 tubes survived. I thought I had escaped, but really there was just a thorn in my back tire sealing the hole it had made.
So we spent the afternoon on bike maintenance -- picking thorns out of tires and replacing tubes. Oops!
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