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  1. #16
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    Did 45 miles so I could go to the LBS and get a bolt for my front fender.

    Had a picnic lunch (Lara Bar and a coke from the LBS) sitting on a dock looking at this view:


    On the way home stopped at another park for a while. This is the church across the street from the park. Much prettier than my picture, all the plants are blooming like crazy!


    This is Crow, resting at the park. Note the nicely attached fender. Thanks Recycled Cycles!


    All the flowers were blooming all along my route. Waves of roses (wild and cultivated) and wild iris and riotous gardens. At one point I rode through a huge patch of lavender, and the smell was glorious! The morning was a mix of clouds and sun, and the sunlight sparkling on the gray water was so pretty.
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

  2. #17
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    DH & I host a small music camping gathering every year this weekend, so we didn't get to ride for 3 days. This morning it was wonderful to get a small 12 miler in. Felt so good!
    I saved a 6" painted turtle today during my ride. Removed her from the middle of the road and put her in a huge pond with others of her ilk.

    Divingbiker- that Korean War memorial is very moving and very haunting- thank you for posting the picture.
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  3. #18
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    DIving BIker- I guess I could have googled that! Thank you so much; I agree with Lisa that is a very moving yet haunting memorial. I honestly thought there wasn't one, it is such a forgotten war. Back in school we spent about 20 minutes going over it.
    Amanda

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  4. #19
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    my report:
    I was going to check out a permanent route that I put together. A permanent is like a brevet, only except anyone any organize ,and you can ride anytime. But , it only count for RUSA credit, not ACP (got everyone confused?) I decided to sleep and only do the part I was not familar with, which would give me 100K/62M for the day.. I rode down to Riverside, Crossed the Santa ana, and went by the Mission inn. I cam to a corner that I usually turn at. I decided to straight. I thought it would be flat , but I went down, and what goes down must come up. As in a mile of 10% grade. Such fun! I got to the top pf the hiil, and watched Riverside's own version of Rolling thunder. No pics
    I went back down the hill and spent the next 10 miles on Victoria Street. IF you find yourself in Riverside with a bike, you should do this, It starts in a Victorian Neighborhood, and becomes a parkway line with Orange Groves and a Median filled with Palms and roses:



    I wound through some neighborhoods and found one of my controls, a Circle K:

    I then crossed the Santa Ana again , and turned on a side road. My route goes up the main road, but The house grow faster than the roads do, si It hough may be i should see what this road was like. It had an unusual name:

    and with a name like that, what's across the road?

    I didn't stop by for free samples. Oh Darn!
    I made a loop around Ontario airport and cam back home for lunch at noon with 70 miles. I decided that I felt pretty good, so I got the bike back out and did another 30 miles (bascially the same route I did Friday) to get 100 miles in
    Last edited by Fredwina; 05-28-2007 at 05:33 PM.

  5. #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by divingbiker View Post
    Zencentury, you don't need a pass for your bike to take it on Metro any more. You can be on any car at the front or back doors (not the middle door), except at rush hour--no bikes on metro at rush hour.

    Cool beans!
    Except that with the Metro system it always seems to be rush hour

    I worked in DC for 15 years, went to The Wall once, I don't know if I could stand to do it again.
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  6. #21
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    I did a Memorial Day ride as well. My husband and I rode tandem with some friends of ours who also ride tandem, along with three other guys who rode singles. All from our church and one of them was our Pastor. It was pretty cool getting "social" time like that with our Pastor. We go to a pretty big church, so it's not often you get to hang with with him like that. His bike was a crack up, though, and we had to keep teasing him about it. It's from 1985 and he hasn't ridden it in a long time. It actually had cobwebs on it! He was the slowest in the bunch and kept telling us not to wait on him, but none of us were about to leave him behind. It was a fun and relaxing social ride down to the beach and back. 48 miles.

    When it was over, we all prayed for the guys in Iraq and their families, especially the families of soldiers who have died.

  7. #22
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    What AWESOME pictures and rides ya'll had!!! I'm so glad everyone had a nice day!! As I was riding I thought about a book I read years ago on Iwo Jima. Above the soldiers bodies that were awaiting to be picked up by ships, a soldier posted this saying on a piece of drift wood:

    Go home and tell them
    Go home and say,
    I gave up my tomorrow,
    So you can have your today.

    I thought about that the whole time we were riding, I think it put a little extra wind in my sails.

    Although I have to say it was the longest ride I've done thus far, and I work up this morning and my upper middle back is killing me!!

  8. #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by zencentury View Post

    I worked in DC for 15 years, went to The Wall once, I don't know if I could stand to do it again.
    My brother's name is on the wall - it's very tough to visit, believe me.

    On a happier note: SO and I went out for 50 hilly miles yesterday. Sunny, hot (about 90F) and VERY humid. I used as much water on my head as I drank! Fortunately our route took us by country stores where we could refill the bottles as needed. Great ride. SO rescued a turtle from the road as well, and just in the nick of time - a huge truck came along just after he got him to safety.
    "When I'm on my bike I forget about things like age. I just have fun." Kathy Sessler

    2006 Independent Fabrication Custom Ti Crown Jewel (Road, though she has been known to go just about anywhere)/Specialized Jett

 

 

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