Bay Area Weekend Rides?

[melissam]

I will don my PF Flyers (who's old enough to know what those are?), and run faster, jump higher and groan louder than every 20->30 yr old there, by golly.

Spazz,

Oh, I absolutely remember the PF Flyers! They were waaaay better than Keds! Good luck to you on the test!

BikerZ,

I want to join you guys. I just have to convince myself that I can get up early enough to be there by 9am and still be civil to everyone.

-- Melissa

[bikerz]

Hey Melissa - you don't have to civil until we get to Richmond, if then!

I hope you can make it! Since it will be a few of us, we can wait for you or ride up and turn back to meet you if you are delayed - but please come!

[melissam]

Well alright! If I don't have to be civil until Richmond, I think I can manage.

BikerZ, I have PM'd you my cell phone number. Got the printout of the Chevy's overflow parking lot, and I can put the addr in my navi system. Road bike tires are pumped up!

See ya tomorrow!

-- Melissa

[bikerz]

Great - now get to sleep so you can wake up early!

I just spent the last half hour fussing with zip-ties, trying to get my computer mounted again - argh - definitely time to go to sleep!

[bikerz]

Thanks MelissaM and Dachshund for a great Bay Trail ride!

We had really good weather and a just a *little* wind (what would the Bay Trail be without wind??) for a nice 33 mile ride. We even got a few spints in (SMASH!), some good chats, and not too much bike path craziness.

A very nice ride - thanks again!

And tomorrow - 40 more miles!

[dachshund]

Well, thank you for inviting us! That's a really nice route. And it was even cold out there! Nice change from my side of the Caldecott.
-Amy

[melissam]

BikerZ & Dachsund,

It was great to meet both of you. Definitely worth getting out of bed on a Saturday morning!

Trip highlights:

* Seeing the celeste green dog leashes that match Amy's Bianchi. I still think you should get the leashes, even if you don't actually use them to walk your dachsunds.

* Getting scolded by the walkers who were walking slowly and then standing smack dab in the middle of the bike path. Um, you're scolding US? Ha!

* Heart Rate Hill by Golden Gate Fields. Great potential for hill repeats.

* The sprints. Wind sprints at that!

* Beautiful scenery. The Bay. The boats. The bridges. The fog rolling in. What's not to like?

* Great company!

Thanks, Ann, for organizing this and being our fearless leader.

-- Melissa