The weather was a bit rough in Spokane. On Wednesday morning, the skies were nice, but it was a bit cold and windy, and the forecast was for rain.

For my first ride, I headed out for an hour at lunch on Wednesday. It was blowing pretty hard at times, and I tried heading west on the trail toward the more scenic areas west of town. Unfortunately, I didn't have a map of the trail and thought it followed the river on the south side. This got me lost in downtown Spokane, because the correct route was to cross the river for a couple of miles and follow a city bike route.

Anyway, I had fun cycling around downtown Spokane, stopped by a great bike shop, but they didn't have a map of the trail for me. I dinked around and got in eight miles before returning to the hotel to do the superman thing and get back to the conference sessions.

Here's a view from the Howard Street Bridge I stumbled across: