Gummy Bear Cycling: Aquidneck Island ride, Rhode Island 4 Nov 2015

Brenton Point

Command Central

So I've never been a big fan of riding Aquidneck Island. During the summer the island is filled with tourists making it hard to navigate the small roads of Newport. No matter where you ride on Aquidnick Island you will eventually ride on route 138 or 114 which is a very bad road to ride on. The roads are very busy and have zero shoulder for bicycle to ride on.

Even riding on Bellevue Ave is can be difficult the road is concrete and many tourists are busy looking at the beautiful mansions and not looking for a bicycle.
However riding this morning in November offered a different experience. This was Wednesday morning many people were at work it was not tourist season so the roads were not too bad. And yes Aquidneck Island (which is comprised of Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island) offered a very nice morning ride for the bicyclist.

As you can see, there is a lot of bikers
marking their paths on the island!

I started off at Fort Adams State Park and rode to Bellevue Ave and then to Portsmouth past Easton beach quickly riding up Indian Ave. Indianapolis a beautiful view of the Sakonnet River in Tiverton and Little Compton Rhode Island. Middle Ave offers a nice view from the top of the hills on to Quonset point. On the west side of the island is probably the most secluded riding around the old Navy base. There was even a chance to ride cobblestone in downtown Newport.

Ride with GPS file: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5646393

What a great morning ride a good way to start the day before I had my job interview at the navy War College.