Bike Route 47

Date: Friday October 7, 2011
Time:  6pm
Temperature:  86 degrees F

Road conditions varied quite a bit.  There were sections of freshly paved asphalt and then sections of under-construction concrete patches and bumps.   Today, my ride included the 3.5 mile section from Hyde Park to the 183 underpass.  It seemed like the route stopped there, but according to this map, it actually keeps going further north for quite a while.   My turnaround point was when I got to the 'Austin China Center' parking lot.

Along the way are neighborhoods and industrial parks.  While the route crosses several major intersections, they are all lighted.  The route itself is on not-too-busy roads with wider than normal lanes for passing.  There is a designated bike lane for pretty much all of the section I saw today.

With it being October and halloween season, there were lots of fantastic halloween displays.   One included spiders crawling around a tree stump that had to be at least 2.5 feet wide.   Lights are very popular in Austin in any time of year.  Now, most of the lights you come across are orange :)  It's fun to see everyone's take on decorating for the holiday.  Not to mention all the houses are neat to look at anyway - unique character, landscaping, and architecture.  Now that it's cooling off, this might just have to become a weekly habit.  Hmm.. to bike every bike route in Austin...