Riding the Greenbelt

This summer we have been taking our bikes to Boise to ride the Greenbelt. The Greenbelt is a walking/jogging/biking path that winds it's way across Boise. It goes under major roads in Boise & has bridges that cross over the Boise River. It runs along the river, in some areas on both sides. You can ride the Greenbelt from some of the city's major parks, through a beautiful golf course, & all the way out to Lucky Peak DamThis was taken at the golf course. This is one of the places we stop for water breaks. The first time we took the boys there this year, Casey had a terrible time keeping up with us. His bike was just a one speed bike. We found a great deal on a smaller mountain bike for him & now we have to constantly tell him to stop following us so close.

This bridge is by the golf course.

The boys just can't resist checking out the water each time we go. On a hot day it's nice to jump in after a long bike ride.

This bridge looks & sounds like it could fall apart any minute. David wasn't fond of the idea of going back over it then riding slowly towards me so I could get this picture.

This is under one the major roads that goes through Boise. When it gets hot out, it's nice to take a break under one of these bridges by the river.

Here's a peaceful place that we stopped for our picnic lunch.

This particular day we rode on part of the Greenbelt that we don't usually go on. I'm not very fond of that part of the path because it doesn't have all of the trees for shade & you're not by the water very much. But there was a reason we took it. We had heard that there was a elk living out in the area. So we set out to find him. And we did.

He was only about a 100 yards off of the trail. He lives out here with a small herd of cattle. That's one of the white face bulls behind him. He's a 5 by 6 point elk. It was awesome to see him.