Across the Big Four Bridge to Jeffersonville and back. Almost five miles. Forty-one minutes. The real ride of the evening — the block loop earlier was just the appetizer.

The Big Four is the old railroad bridge converted to a pedestrian and bike path connecting Louisville to southern Indiana. You ride up the ramp, cross the Ohio River with the city lit up behind you, drop into Jeffersonville, turn around, and come back. It’s one of those rides that feels longer than it is because the bridge makes everything dramatic.

Sixty-two feet of elevation gain, which is basically the bridge ramps. June evening, sun going down over the river. This is the Louisville I remember.

4.74 miles of crossing a state line for no reason except that you can.

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// RAPTOR GIRL