As I was getting ready to head out this morning, I made damn sure that I was NOT going to be cold during this ride. Packed every thermal shirt I owned into my travel bag and headed up to West Warwick. I did make the mistake of parking at Riverpoint Park in a very exposed parking lot. But this also kind of helped me to determine how many layers to put on. My journey would take me into the teeth of the wind for the first 18 miles as I was going to connect some previous rides, separated on my heat map. Went north on the Greenway and then made my way over to the western end of the Woonasquatucket River Bike Path. I had done the eastern end last year, and wasn’t too impressed with it. But the western side is the pretty part of that bike path. Slowly and methodically, I ventured through Johnston, North Providencs and then finally made my destination at Lincoln Woods. It was such a relief to make the turn south on Louisquisset Pike and finally say goodbye to the wind. Got into Providence and was kind of impressed at how cycle friendly that city is becoming. Bike lanes & speed humps on a lot of roads, with the humps being designed to slow down automobiles, but giving cyclists a flat option, either around or through them. I wish more towns in this state would start incorporating these two road options for increasing cycling safety.