a bicycle built for two

Okay okay. Well, after touring for over a week in the convertible, and nearing 2000 miles logged, we decided that we weren't nearly exposed enough. So yesterday, amidst rain showers we headed towards the bike shop intent on renting something a little more open to explore Prince Edward Island on. You see there's a very famous rails-to-trails network of trails here, and we'd be bad little bicyclists if we didn't ride it. So while everyone else in canada was shaking off the previous night's festivities, we decided to sweat it out on a bike or two. Our plan was to get a tandem, because after all, what are newlywed cyclists supposed to ride? And we did. With only 6 hours until the shop closed we set off on what looked like on the map to be an easy journey. A nice short 50+km loop to a little town called Mt. Stewart (or was it Stanley?) and back. Now that's not a lot to real cyclists, but bear in mind that after living in Dublin and Pittsburgh, and planning a wedding, in the past years the most riding that we've done is the 12 mile out and back down Wellesley Island. Always ambitious, we climbed aboard a tandem recumbent and hit the trail.

In short, we made it, but we're sore and not motivated to write about it at great length yet. Recumbents are fun, but we're new to them and my ass hurts, despite a VERY cushy jelly seat. Much more later, we've big plans today too.