Zombi-John invited us up to his place in Oshawa for Turkey Day and a ride down the Oshawa Creek Bike Trail to Lakeview Park. We left Toronto on the GO Train with our bikes and were in the Oshawa GO station on Thornton Road an hour later. The trail passes through many small parks on its way to the lake: Rotary Park, Central Collegiate, Storie Park, Cordova Park, Cordova Valley Park, Oshawa Valleylands Conservation Area, Southmead Park and into Lakeview Park. Its a nice paved trail with very few small hills (more like rises) and quite a lot of tunnels under roadways and bridges to cross as the trail meanders back and forth across the creek heading south. The other users of the trail were very friendly waving to us and saying hello as we passed! I was riding the new Rat Fink, Kate was riding her bikeE recumbent cruiser and Zombi-John was on his Stiletto chopper. When we got to Lakeview Park we stopped amid a small group of Harley riders to use the facilities and while there, fielded questions about the bikes with the riders. Then it was off on the Waterfront Trail to take the west leg of the trail back up north to where we started at John Street. After a lovely turkey dinner, and some jovial chat, we decided to head for the train as it was quite dark outside. We left Oshawa at about twenty minutes to nine and were back home at the house in Toronto by 10pm. All-in-all, a great day outside the city and the weather was perfect. We will have to wait till next summer now to further explore the trails of Oshawa and area! The ride itself: 3 hours, 12km.
