Cindy... you had me rollin'. You are soooo funny. I love the Rawhide song. That was great!!! Wish we could have met up, we would have had alot of fun getting through that ride together.

Kerry.....your probably right about that being my DH. He and I were already questioning whether we were on the right path or not when we came upon other cyclist trying to figure out the same thing. While my DH went up ahead to where all of you were stopped, I hung back waiting to see if we had to go on or turn back. Unfortunately I don't remember the colors of any of the bikes. Once we turned around we did ride along with a teenager for a little bit, he was wearing a t-mobile jersey. Does that sound familiar? As for the official start, every ride in Texas that we have been a part of has had an official start along with maps of each route, no matter if there is just a few hundred participants or like Hotter-n-Hell in August which almost 12,000 riders participated. I guess my DH and I are use to more organization than what we saw on the Covered Bridge Ride. Not that I'm putting it down in any way, it's just we were not use to the way this ride was put together. We have even said that if we can work it out, we will be back next year to do it again. My DH said he loved the challenge of the hills in this ride. We'll just be better prepared next year and sign up ahead of time. But as far as the ride itsself, it was a GREAT experience. I absolutely LOVED the fall colors. And the keilabasa, well since we paid for it, my nephew grabbed two lunch sacks and took it with us. He said it was pretty good.

I checked out our pictures on Tiger Paw also. Unfortunately I would have to agree with y'all. Not flattering but that is us. I would love to check out y'alls photos and see if you look famaliar (apart from the many other cyclist there). We were told by the organizers that this ride was up from 2100 last year to 2600 this year. That's pretty cool!! Anyway, our photos are under Loux Covered Bridge 10:30 to 11:30, photos #2732 and 2732 (last 4 digits of photo #) and then under Cabin Run Bridge 10:30 to 11:30, photo #4256.

Glad to hear from you both and I wish again I could have met up with y'all. I was so bummed when I couldn't get reception on my cell phone. I kept wandering if y'all were there and if I saw you but didn't even know it. Then again, I may have seen Kerry afterall.