Two Won

Yesterday evening was a gamble for the two riders who completed the route. We were betting either wet or dry. We felt a few drops, but not enough to get wet. With 11.6 miles and a 12.6 mph average we fit into the pattern of previous rides. The Redbud trees were beautiful and one rider commented that if he had named them they would be, "lavenderbuds", or "purplebuds". We both agreed they aren't red. The rain threat caused me to turn back soon enough that we didn't quite get one hour. It was a good ride, we didn't get wet, and two riders won the gamble with rain.

Wet won the first one

The first ride of this year was not. The sky was full of clouds, wind and cold rain. Our parking lot meeting place was as wet as the roads. You can see by the group photo at right that there were no riders in it. We wisely stayed where it was warm and not wet. Hope the weather is better next week.

Start 2009

First English Lutheran will start our bicycle rides on April 21, 2009, at 5:30p.m. We will meet in the church parking lot. All are welcome for about an hour of riding.

A few of us have been meeting each week for about a month now. It has been so cold and windy that it wasn't very attractive to ride in. We hope the weather will be good for the first ride. Look forward to seeing you there.

Maps: http://kent-pnqd.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

Adventure Cycling has a great bicycling site with lots of information available. The "How To Department" link is a good question answer place. http://adventurecycling.org