As I walked out to the bike to clean and lube the chain pre-ride today, I still wasn't sure where I would go, but I had an idea. I wanted to do something a little different today under the warm sunshine for one last day before more crap weather moves in. I had it in my head that I would ride out to Minooka Park doogie park.

So I tried it, heading out west on North Ave. Now, if you ever want a little hill work, take North Ave. that way, because it is like a roller coaster.

As I rolled past Barker Rd. the thought occured to me that the one time I had driven to this park we might have turned right there. Or maybe not? Keep going straight. Well, I took North until it basically dead-ends and ended up somewhere in Pewaukee lost. American TV was on my left at one point, and Quad Graphics was on my right.

It was past there that I saw two ladies walking on the side of the road and decided to stop to ask about where the park was from here. They were nice enough, but neither one had a clue! They DID however get me pointed in the right direction to get back to Barker Rd., which I did.

Then I took the turn on Barker that I should have taken in the first place...into the park.

Now someone who knows help me out here...there is a sign there that says something about Mitchell Park, but I thought that was Minooka Park? One in the same or am I thinking of two different things? At THIS doggie park there are railroad tracks that run long and straight with a road alongside it. It took that road back and forth, thinking how now nice and flat and long it was...good place to come back to when I want to do intervals or sprints.

Anyway...there were a few dogs and owners at the park...please tell me which one this really is!

Then I headed back. MAN, there is one section of North Ave. that has a killer hill. It's about the grade of Sunny Slope, but it goes on for a longer stretch. I had to come out of the big chain ring for that one today on the way home.

So, just 24 miles today...but they were an interesting 24. My legs were tired at the end from the climbing. Still, had I not had to go to work today I believe I would still be out there riding and enjoying the weather today.

Hi Phil,

You definitely weren't at Minooka Park. You could've taken North all the way to Springdale Rd. and then taken that to Cleveland Ave. in Waukesha, and from there you'd have to take Johnson Rd. to Coffee Rd. and then to Racine Ave, and finally Sunset to get to Minooka Park. Minooka is on the edge of the Waukesha / New Berlin border. Hope that helps.

Brian - Team Wheaton
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Thanks Brian....In fact I was on Springdale for a while.

Minooka not=Mitchell then...got it.
--phil

Ya know...all those roads SOUND familiar to me! It's been too long...

Minooka Park.... Best way for you is take the New Berlin trail west out of GF Park, six miles to Springdale Rd. Then south a couple of small hills to Lincoln. Backtrack east on Lincoln about a mile to johnson Rd. South on Johnson past Cleveland, up a long hill to Coffee (which is where I live). West on Coffee until it ends at Racine Ave. NW on Racine and you are at the park. One of my regular routes and a nice ride!

Wow, you were a little North of course if you ended up near American TV in Pewaukee. From there, not easy because you would have to navigate through or around Waukesha. Best going South first through New Berlin to Minooka.