Day of from work!

Like most people in America, Eric and I had off work on Monday. We had thrown around the idea of going swimming, and we were excited when Adam called us to see if we wanted to go to Devil's Pool.
None of us had been there, but we had heard about it. It's a swimming hole located in Wissahickon Valley. Eric and I actually went hiking there a few weeks ago, and had been wanting to go back.

Eric and I hopped on our bikes and rode over to Adam's were we were greeted with a few friends. It was about 23 miles roundtrip to Devil's Pool, kind of far, but it was a lot easier to ride bikes then drive.



We rode on the Kelly drive path for most of the way.






Then we hopped on the Wissahickon Trail, which took us to Forbidden Drive, then we rode that the entire way. Part of the trail is paved, the other part isn't, which sucked.





We weren't too sure of where we were going, but figured we could figure it out. Eventually we stumbled upon a bunch of people and we were in the right spot.

They had a small cliff you could climb up and jump off of. Of course I slipped while climbing up and have giant scrapes all over my body.





The guys we were with were a lot braver with jumping off.


It was great to find a swimming hole not too far from the city.


Eric and I rode home, quickly changed, then rode our bikes to South Philly for dinner. We were too lazy to go to the grocery store and figured heading to Royal Tavern was a better option.
This definitely made riding 23 miles worth it.

a sunday adventure

Like I mentioned yesterday, Eric and I went on adventure Sunday afternoon!
We had a lazy morning at home, and had plans to work out in the afternoon. But by the time that rolled around I was feeling lazy and didn't want to go run.

After some brainstorming we decided to go hiking. I had read that Wissahickon Valley was a really nice spot, and not far from the city. We thought about driving, but then realized riding our bikes out there would be a lot more fun.
Eric and I rode along West River Drive for about half of the ride. They close down the street, which makes it really nice.



The biking/running trails along the Schuylkill are really nice. With plenty of pretty things to look at.





We took it easy on the bike ride, I was on my single speed and Eric rode the cruiser.

We continued on the Wissahickon Trail.



It was about a 9 mile ride and once we arrived to the park we locked up our bikes and got to walking.





We made our way down to the creek and stopped for some food.




We hiked some more and then went back to our bikes.
And yes, I really am so pale that my skin blows out in photos.


The park was nice and hopefully in the next few weeks it will be green! We barely made a dent in the trails, but hopefully next time we can hike more. They also have some nice trails, and a few paved paths, and I want to come run out there.

On our way back to into the city I made Eric stop and let me take pictures of the pretty trees.







I like how I was too lazy to go run 3 miles, yet set off on this 3+ hour bike/hike trip. Also, I still can't believe Eric rode the entire 18 miles on his cruiser, but he usually bikes 30+ a day, so I guess it's believable.