Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post
I have posted a club ride for 11 am on 12/13/14 - 15 miles to a rest stop, then 16 miles back to the start. Let's hope the weather cooperates
Today's ride was great. Nine people joined me for the ride. So it was 10-11-12-13-14-15-16 -- 10 cyclists at 11 am on 12/13/14 riding 15 miles to the rest stop and 16 miles back to the park.

It was colder than I had hoped, based on recent weather forecasts -- 41 at the start, with a bit of a west wind. But the sun was out, and it rose to almost 50 by the time we finished. So overall the weather was okay.

When I arrived at the ride start (a small county park) there was no one else there, but I noticed a dog standing near my car, staring at me. He was friendly, nothing to worry about, and in fact he wanted someone to play with. But he was also alone, with no sign of a person with him. After a few minutes my friends started to arrive, and I know from experience that one of them is good with dogs. I asked her to help, so she lured him over with a cookie and found a phone number on his tags, and I called the number and left a message on the answering machine. When we were about 14 miles into the ride, the owner called my cell phone and left a message. He lived across the street from the park, and wanted to let me know that he had gone over and gotten his dog, and to thank me for calling him. It seems the dog had managed to get through the electric fence, so he planned to raise the voltage a notch (or whatever adjustment you make to electric fences) to keep the dog from making any more solo visits to the park.

Tomorrow is also expected to be sunny, and a bit warmer, so even though I have tons of holiday-related errands to do, I'm planning to join another club ride. I'm not leading this one, but I did come up with the route.