Bay Area Bike Ride #14: Lafayette - Moraga Regional Trail

I met my daughter half-way for lunch. Her knee is rehab'ing nicely.  She has replaced the crutch with a cane and is moving along much quicker than last month.  It was a nice spring day, so after lunch I took to the folding bike for a quick ride on the  Lafayette - Moraga Regional Trail. A "new to me" trail.   It is short rail trail and #14 in the Bay Area Bike Ride deck.    It was a pleasant and leisure ride.  Lots of people were out enjoying the warm day and the trail crosses over several neighborhood streets.  From Lafayette to Moraga it is a mild grade - so I kind of appreciated the excuse to put my feet down at the road crossings.  😊

The trail passes the entrance of St. Mary's College.  The college has a beautiful bell tower.  As I was snapping the sunset picture below I heard the bells chime for the 6 o'clock hour.  The chimes were lovely and were a good reminder that it was time to turn around and head back.  The trail is seven miles long but I was racing the setting sun  and was only able to ride 5 miles.  A good excuse to come back and ride all seven miles.