Bike Ride on the Little Miami Scenic Trail

Ohio is home to the nation's largest network of paved bike trails, with over 350 miles in the Miami Valley Region. We've been hitting them a lot this year, and this past weekend, my son Samuel and I set off for an afternoon ride on the Little Miami Scenic Trail. Specifically, we decided to ride the section between Xenia and Yellow Springs, a beautiful bit of the trail that goes through some wide open farmland as well as through some wooded sections along the Little Miami River.

I've been trying to take my camera along with me on these sorts of adventures lately, and even though I don't always use it, I've never regretted having it with me just in case. Despite being at the front-end of the season here in Ohio, I was hoping to catch some fall time colors.

About three quarters of the way to Yellow Springs, right before you ride past the Glen Helen Nature Preserve, is the Hyde Road Covered Bridge which goes over the bike trail. I was thinking this would be a great place to get some pictures with Samuel. It turns out that going from Xenia to Yellow Springs is almost entirely at a slight incline, so by the time we made it to the covered bridge, we were pretty well sacked out. We snapped some photos around the bridge and had a snack, then turned around to come home.

On the way back we stopped to take a quick snap of this bridge crossing the Little Miami River. The bike path was busy and we had to wait awhile to try and get a shot without anyone in frame (you can still just make out two riders in the distance). Samuel looked out for riders coming up from behind, while I sat down in the middle of the path and Grabbed this shot from near the ground. The trees were just starting to turn yellow and the path was getting a good dusting with the first wave of leaves to fall.

Camera

Canon EOS-R

Lens

Canon EF 85mm

Speed

1/320s

Aperture

ƒ/3.5

ISO

500

Time

September 26th, 2020 at 3:09PM

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