8/22 rides

[momtohanna]

I too wasn't really planning on going out today. I've done my two longest rides on back to back days, and was feeling stiff and a little sore.

However it was the PERFECT Kansas day ~ 78 degrees, no humidity, just a light breeze, my bike BEGGED me to ride it.

So I figured I'd just go out for a couple miles to knock the kinks out, I decided to take it nice and slow and easy. I ended up doing my longest ride yet!!

14 miles, got some hills in and can feel I'm already doing much better on them. YAY.

[jobob]

Lee and I went on one of our favorite routes today - from home to Woodside, with lunch at Roberts Market.

Yee gods there were tons of cyclists in Woodside today!

Funny happening - come to find out, a guy that I know online that I have never actually met in person (David G) was sitting right across the road from me at Roberts Market.

And how did I know that? He took a photo of his friends sitting along the steps of Roberts (who just happened to be sitting near Lee and me), and posted it on Facebook. Yep, there we were!

Excellent ride, about 40 miles with a little bit of climbing. It's so nice to get back into the groove again.

[jobob]

Yikes RedRhodie! You're brave to be riding out in that

[tjf9]

I had a fun adventure today. I'm directionally challenged, so I always map out my routes ahead of time, especially to places I've never been. I had a route all planned out and downloaded to my Garmin...and then the Garmin wouldn't turn on. I wasn't confident enough of the route and the roads without it, so I decided to just meander down the Springwater Trail instead. I figured I'd just do an easy out and back, so no way to get lost.

But I did (sorta). I ended up getting on a road I should have crossed and riding east instead of northeast. Fortunately, I figured out where I was pretty quick and figured I could get on the 205 bike path to head back north. I wandered around a bit looking for an entrance to the trail when I ran into some guys doing construction right where I thought the trail should be. Sure enough, that was it, but that part's closed until mid-September. Fortunately, he was able to point me in the right direction to the point I could pick it up.

I'd actually been on that trail once before, so I was able to get myself pointed toward home without further ado. 25+ miles, and a real confidence builder...I *can* survive without a map!

[redrhodie]

Yikes RedRhodie! You're brave to be riding out in that

It actually wasn't at all windy, and I stayed far from the spray, more for the bike than myself!

I'm afraid to go and look at what's left of my road. At best, it will be completely covered with seaweed and rocks, and I'm sure will be impassable. I'll wait until tomorrow to see what the damage is. Crazy crowds out there now.

[Fredwina]

Since I'm having problems Transporting my really cool recumbent with my focus, I decided to ride downm and make a loop of the auto center.
To get there , I went by Guasti . It was a "planned community at the turn of the last century, and out lived it uselfullness, so it's being redevelop as a turn of this century planned community.
Still some grapes:

They are planning on leaving some of the worker's cottages as a museum:

The Catholic church is still very active. It's the onlyu parish in the area that offers Latin mass:

The post office is not Historic:

I wonder if my bike will 'fit':

I then did the club ride before coming home

[andtckrtoo]

Yee gods there were tons of cyclists in Woodside today

Tour de Menlo went right through Woodside - which would help the numbers. Also went by my neck of the woods - lots on our roads, too.

[jobob]

Tour de Menlo went right through Woodside - which would help the numbers. Also went by my neck of the woods - lots on our roads, too.

Ah, I saw some removable direction markers on the road up there, but I wasn't sure if it was for today.