Rides/Tours in PA

[kerrybelle]

Cindy and Kerry.....I am soooo disappointed I wasn't able to meet up with you guys. Once we got up on the mountain where my brother-n-law lives I lost service on my cell phone. I thought maybe once we got to the park Sunday morning I might have service then. No such luck. I actually just received Cindy's voicemail today when we got back into Mechanicsburg.

Hi Amy,
Sorry I missed meeting you. Although, we may have seen each other near the end. We missed the turn around at the last bridge. After realized we had missed something, one of the guys near us said how disappointed he was with the ride and that he was from Texas. I didn't even think about it being you & DH until after we were back at the car. If it was you guys, I was the one on the light blue bike and my DH was on a red bike.

It was so cold when we started. I chose not to wear a jacket at all. I had a jersey, arm warmers, LS shirt from REI underneath, shorts, leg warmers, smartwool socks (love 'em, love 'em) and full gloves. Fingers were hurting until things warmed up a bit but otherwise not too bad.
I got to meet Kerry and her hubby briefly. Totally left me in the dust on the road. I've got lots of work to do by next season. (Sorry I didn't catch up with you at the picnic afterwards, Kerry. I missed ya somehow. Of course, you probably were right next to me eating. When I'm stuffing my pie hole, I notice nothing.)
Anyway, nice to hear from you Amy (and that you're ok) and nice to meet you Kerry.

Take care!
Cindy

The cold temp in the morning was my only complaint. I knew it/I would warm up once we hit the hills and chose to wear a ss jersey, armwarmers, knee warmers, a vest and wool socks. Boy was I happy when I finally warmed up. It was brutal at the start, but I didn't need to shed any layers. I would have worn long fingered gloves, if I had them.

It was nice to meet you Cindy. Sorry we didn't get the chance to talk more. DH was ready to head home, so we ate our lunch and left. Keilbasa isn't my favorite, either, but offering something warm was nice.

Amy, I agree with you on the SAG support. I didn't see one the entire time. I got cue sheets at the registration table but your right, no actual maps were available. I was wondering too about not having a number. I was thinking that anyone could have ridden for free and just used the reg money to buy a shirt.

There were not enough bathrooms to go around!

The rest of my day was wonderful. I had a blast. (next time I will just say NO to the Kielbasa lunch tho. Blech.) I think I will keep this one in mind for next year. By then, I hope to be much better at hills.

I found my pics at Tiger Paw. I can't deny it, I definitely look like that!

We saw a SAG van, 2 or 3 times. There was a number on the bottom of the cue sheet for support vehicle. Although, like Amy said, if you don't have a connection on you cell, you can't make the call.

Over all we had a great ride. My only complaint was the cold start. Otherwise, it was awesome. I liked being challenged by the hills, especially since we live in a pretty flat area. It was the first ride DH & I did together, our friends ended up not making it.

I found one set of our pictures on Tiger Paw. The site is pretty slow, I'll have to go back and continue looking for the others. No denying what we look like either!

Anyway, I have to get back to work. Take care.

Kerry