Seg #48 Trinity TrailFt. Worth, Tx Homatex 9/18/14

Seg #47 Trinity Trail Ft Worth, TX  Homatex 9/18/14 

Start	NE 23rd St	N 32.78602  W 97.33838	N-S miles 9.7
End	Dirks Rd	N 32.64684 W 97.42847	Trl lgth 9.7 Ride 13.4 mi

Ride hr 1:19

AVS 7.6

MXS  mph 13.5

DST13.4 mi

Tmp 83

Kcal 500

After a super room and a great night's sleep in Dallas, I drove to Ft. Worth through all kinds of road construction and rush hour traffic. It reminded me of driving through Memphis, Tennessee  in 2006 on our way to Augusta, Georgia. Too much traffic at race track speeds. As far as I am concerned these cities are worse than Los Angeles.  

Like all the other trails I have mapped out before leaving home, I used coordinates ascertained from Google Earth going directly to Trinity Trailhead  north. This trailhead was sort a desolate location without parking or toilet facilities. There was one building, Precision Tools, nearby so I went in and found a single person working. I asked him if I could park in his small lot. He was polite fellow and kind to let me park my car. He gave me a business card with the correct address to give the cab driver to transport me back to the car. 

This photo verifies my bike at the
north end of the trail. I peddled  9.7
miles south of here on a nice trail.

Some of the Ft. Worth skyline from the
Trinity Trail. The beautiful  parks
associated with the trail makes the
condos, across the way, expensive

 The Trinity Trail snakes along the Trinity River for six or seven miles, making for a flat and pretty trail. If not for the headwind, I think I could have averaged more than nine miles per hour. As it was I was able to get to the south end of the trail just after lunch time. A taxi ride back to Precision Tools recharged my motor. I was headed back to Iowa by three o'clock, making it to Perry, Oklahoma Thursday night and rest of the way home by Friday evening. There was a lot of driving, 1843 miles, for one fellow but the whole trip went very smoothly. Next ride will be to fill in the gaps of latitude riding trails in and around Clarksville, Tennessee. The gaps occurred due to my inability to get to North Carolina riding the beach in the False Cape State Park (see segment #37).

These bike rent stations are becoming the rage, especially along trails within
major cities. I saw similar bike rental opportunities in Minneapolis, MN and
Madison,WI. You insert your credit card and it unlocks a bicycle. You
then either ride to another station a park or ride back to the original station.
I didn't have time to determine the cost of credit card rental but I understand
it is free for the first thirty minutes, $1.50 for the next thirty and $3.00 per hour.