Depart home heading east on Lakeshore Drive. Take the short cut left turn on Springdale - becomes Lexington - to Meridian Rd. Left on Meridian for one short and relatively safe block to a right turn onto Cloverdale. Left on Deer Lane, right on Audubon, left on Woodley Drive to Timberlane Rd. Right on Timberlane for short blocks (down and then up) to left on Martin Hurst Road. This takes you the back way to Maclay Blvd and on to Premier Fitness. Plenty of parking - the bike rack is almost always empty at the fitness center.
After a spirited (if light weight) workout, unlock and head around to Fresh Market. Today, for example, I picked up the weeks supply of apples, some Gruyere, a couple of other things. This all fits into the Performance Grocery Pannier. I lock to a tree in front of the store, on a parking lot island. Can't find a bike rack there, but the tree works fine as long as nobody complains.
Then reverse to home. Total miles: 12
Notes:
- Hint for grocery baggers: My wife Kathy has got me using those 99 cent reusable bags that are the shape of a paper grocery sack. One thing is, they often have no solid bottom. Your old aluminum auto tag fits perfectly! It makes a nice hard bottom for the cloth bag. That in turn fits perfectly into the Performance grocery pannier. A great use for that old share-the-road you hung up in the workshop.
- Even though this route touches Meridian and Timberlane, it seems pretty safe to me. The distances on those two roads are very short. I use a mirror and off-road capable tires.
