Last week I was in San Antonio for business, on Monday I brought my bike in the hopes of riding that evening. I got out for a 15 mile ride along the Mission Trail. Last summer we took the family to the Alamo, but we didn't make it to the other Spanish Missions. These missions were part of the colonization system stretching across the Spanish Southwest of the 17th 18th and 18th centuries. The entire San Antonio Missions National Historical Park consists of Missions Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan and Espada. I only had a couple hours before dark so I only got to Missions Concepcion and San Jose.
The ride was great, I was expecting to hit downtown rush hour traffic as I started around 6pm. Durango Rd was the busiest on the route, but it wasn't bad at all, it's a 2 lane road and the cars got over. The rest of the route was peacful and on Mission Road there was a bike lane. I wish I had more time to get to the other 2 missions. I ended up only staying the night on Monday, we ended up driving back and forth between Austin and San Antonio the rest of the week.
See the route along with more photos on roadbikerides.com.
Apr 20, 2008 at 7:50 PM Thanks for the ride report and the link to the additional pix, Mike. I believe there's an organized ride along the mission route later in the year. Speaking of rides, I'm going to do the Armadillo Hill Country Classic in May. You going?
Apr 20, 2008 at 9:03 PM I forgot all about the Mission to Mission ride, it looks like it's set for <a href="http://www.missiontrailrotary.com/">December 7th</a> this year. Last year it was in November and I wasn't able to make it.
I just made the commitment to the Armadillo Hill Country Classic, I signed up for the 80 mile route.