We wanted to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather yesterday as the rest of the week is forecasting rain. We also needed a few items from Costco so why not combine the two.
We loaded up with our panniers, front bags and saddlebags and had an great long ride. A set of "road" bikers passed us and one rider said something like "wow" or "oh my" so I shouted, "we are going to Costco" they all laughed. They probably also wondered why we were headed in the opposite direction A nice ride heading east along the river and then a big loop back west found us at Costco after about 22 miles. The down side was Costco happened to have one of our favorite beers in stock - by the case of course, and we knew we hadn't planned well enough to fit 24 bottles of beer in our bags. The entire ride was just under 32 miles with the last 10 being fairly loaded - I had a case of Amy's soup, kiwi's, avocados,bread and organic chicken on my bike.
Next time we may have to shorten the ride and take the Bob but then they probably won't have the beer - ha