I started riding west through West Philadelphia until I reached Upper Darby. Then, began a southwesterly tact, which took me through Lansdowne. In Norwood, a town I don't think I'd heard of before, I bought a pork sandwich from a grillmaster set-up at the Civil Air Patrol barn. I wasn't particularly hungery, but it smelled too good to pass up. After that break, I turned northwest in search of Swarthmore's campus passing over some idyllic fall colored lanes along the way.
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Four years go, when I first started to get ambitious which my biking goals, I ended the season with a similar fall ride with Swarthmore and nearby Springfield Mall as my targets. This ride brought back memories of that trip. In better shape today, I didn't turn back at Swarthmore, but continued west to Media, where I arrived in time to glimpse part of the Halloween Parade.
While moseying is an enjoyable way to ride, it is slower and now it was getting late in the day so I started the return ride. I triedto keep north, which isn't always easy in that neck of the woods, so that I could finish my ride through Fairmount Park. It was the last weekend that King Drive would be closed to automobiles until next Spring. After a quick survey of the Schuykill River from Strawberry Mansion Drive, I coasted on to King Drive and back in to Center City.
Statistics
Length: 54.2 miles
Ride Time: 6 hours
Avg. Speed: 10.2 MPH
Swarthmore
Media Halloween Parade
North Latches Lane
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