Today was supposed to be the official ribbon cutting ceremony to open the new American River Bridge connecting the Arden Fair and Cal Expo side of the river to downtown along I-80. The ceremony was postponed, no reason was given. Brenda and I went to scout out the ride on our own.
26 miles.
Today I learned Carson has never been a part of Little League. Instead it’s the Cal Ripken League. Sunday was a double-header at River Park.
I led a ride to Celebrate Natomas. We left from the Jibe office: Jim, Paul, Lennore, Minka.
We stayed about an hour. Sadly, Lennore’s bike had a rear flat tire after we checked out from Bike Valet. Marcelino did his best to help.
We left Lennore at the event. At Airport Rd, Paul, Jim and Minka rode back to the start point. I rode fast back to my house to get my vehicle. I drove back to the event, picked up Lennore/bike, drove Lennore back to Jibe office to get her vehicle, met her at her garage where we unloaded her bike. I have been rescued SO many times on past bike rides and tours – I am passing on the good vibes.
Barbara has taken on a big project (imho) for the American River Bike Patrol Velo Lancer program. I want to be available to help as often as possible on their Saturday morning meetups. For the next 10 weeks, these Cordova High School students will gain bike riding skills and endurance. In the end, they will earn a brand new Trek bike.
I like it when school starts. This year, Avery/9th and Sophia/12th are at Christian Brothers. Carson is in 5th at St Ignatius. Once a week, I get to pick Carson up. This week, we played a new game for us. I can be competitive with this game. If it’s a memory game, he slaughters me.
This is Laurie.
Paula is a faithful blog follower and life-long friend who lives 3000 miles away. She knows all my friends by sight and name although she’s never met them. Laurie and I met for lunch today and made plans for a last-minute bike riding adventure. Later in the afternoon, all reservations were made. Fun ahead.
A friend purchased a jacket made from an old quilt and asked me to “shzuzh” it up (not sure how to spell that sound). She gave me no direction, anything I wanted to do. Make it better, whatever I wanted. A challenge.
After I got back from Ireland, I started researching ribbon and design possibilities. I made a decision and ordered 4 different organic cotton ribbons the same week that I had an appointment with a dermatologist to look at and biopsy a spot on my scalp. The ribbon arrived the same day the results came in – basal cell carcinoma.
Two days later, I was back in the dermatologist’s office for a more extensive procedure. I came home with instructions for wound care plus 2 weeks of downtime. After a few days of staying home and doing absolutely nothing, I got started on the jacket: hand stitching, tunneling between the layers, 3/8 inch at a time.
Blanket stitch around the patch.
Today I met Deb, hoping she would like the design I came up with. She liked it!
This was a good project for the first days of recovery. Soon the stitches will be removed and the next phase of adjustment will begin. And I’ll be able to ride a bike again.
The first Friday in August. We met at Frends. Lots of bicycle talk.
Congratulations Lorge, our most recently trained League Cycling Instructor.
On Monday. Artichoke dip and Gorgonzola grape and pine nut crostini.
Sophia and Lily played in a beach volleyball tournament at Sierra College on Sunday.
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