Monday. By 7:30, all the bikes are ready for the day’s blacktop drills.
Last day of bike drills, tomorrow is the first street ride.
Tuesday. Charlie is here to lead a group. Mike came to repair a few bikes.
My yellow group did a great job on their first ride.
Wednesday. Second street ride. Thank you Milan for riding sweep. Thank you Barbara for joining us with very short notice.
Gathering begins. Saturday morning.
Batch #1 will dry for about a week.
At St Ignatius.
Rita/Lala (Lenin’s mom), Carson, Hudson and his grandma Margaret/Oma.
After mass, we toured classrooms.
Where was your grandparent born? Lala put a star on Manila.
There was an early dismissal. The boys decided we should go to Zócalo for lunch.
Thank you Justin for picking me up to go to Sophia’s volleyball game at Christian Brothers.
Although I’m trying to cut back on my teaching schedule, sometimes I can’t say no. I agreed to be the co-lead at Natomas Park Elementary for two weeks. Monday: Deanna is an excellent instructor and always calm no matter what comes up. And I discovered I’m a bit rusty in presenting a good lesson.
One small watermelon with a big smile on its face wore a helmet and one melon refused to wear a bike helmet. Both went for a bike ride and both fell. The melon with no helmet cracked its head open and the kids all went “ooooohhh.”
Tuesday. Bike parts and helmet fitting. Barbara was added to the team.
Wednesday: first day of bike drills.
One class had almost half who didn’t know how to ride. I worked with them to the side of the bike drill lanes.
It was about 95 degrees today and there was after-school coaching. Hot and tired by 3:00 end.
Thursday. A classroom day to learn about moving through intersections and right-of-way rules.
This was my last day this week because of a special event on Friday.
Note: I also worked this morning – Project Ride Smart at NPE. Monday evening, there was a bike rodeo in Elk Grove. Yes, I was tired.
This was the last of 6 bike rodeos in Elk Grove. Tonight at Markofer Elementary for about 25 Cub Scouts. The rodeo was scheduled for 7-8:00. Tonight’s team: Barbara, Kathy, Michael, Matt.
Tonight’s SABA mechanics: Doug and Tim.
The indoor meeting had to end a bit early at about 6:45. Note the sky in the background, sunset was at 6:53.
7:20 and this rodeo needed to end soon:
Carson, in 5th grade, plays for the St Ignatius team.
A cold and wet morning. We had breakfast at Orcas Hotel Cafe before getting on the ferry to Lopez Island.
I started the ride but turned around very quickly. I was already soaked and I didn’t have my good rain jacket. I’ve ridden in conditions like this and know it’s a miserable experience. The rest of the group rode about 12 miles.
Wes and Charlie made really good lunches every day. They bought fresh bakery bread whenever possible for the sandwiches.
Goodbyes at the ferry.
As soon as the arriving cars were out, walk-on passengers boarded. We were all going to Anacortes.
Laurie and I drove about 2 hours to Seattle for a 9:15 flight. Home at 11:30. Great trip, scenic bike riding! Terra Trek did a great job organizing this upscale tour.
The bikes are loaded and Wes is ready!
There were two ongoing jigsaw puzzles available on the ferry if looking out the windows wasn’t stimulating enough.
The ferry arrived at the town of Orcas.
Everyone loaded into the van for a ride to our starting point.
Orcas Island Pottery.
View from the artist’s backyard:
So many cute private driveway choices: Tin Cup, Duck Soup, Huff-da Hill and ..
Lunch in Eastsound Village.
Onward to the highest point in the San Juan Islands.
I chose not to ride 5 miles with a 10% grade and an elevation gain of 2400 feet to the top of Mt Constitution.
Kingfisher Inn: tonight’s accommodations.
View from my room:
Happy hour in Karen and Doug’s room:
Dinner at New Leaf Cafe:
Scallops and pork belly with corn coulis and charred Brussels sprouts
plus and entertaining server.
27 miles for me.
Two in our group went whale watching, two went ocean kayaking. Laurie and I went for a bike ride. Charlie was our guide but only drove the van. He gave directions between our stops.
False Bay Tidelands at low tide.
A brief stop here. The high season is over and many places are only open on the weekends. Soon that will also end.
A sign said to be careful, a 10.5% downhill grade was ahead. But that also meant there would be a 10.5% uphill grade pedaling back – yikes! Maybe not a problem if I was using the ebike I have at home. But the ebike I’m riding now does NOT have much power. After day 1, I complained about the bike and they gave me a different one, it was marginally better.
Cattle Point ahead. Can you spot the tiny white lighthouse?
Lunch was at Jackson Beach.
It was a short ride back to Friday Harbor.
We were on our own for dinner. Laurie and I went to Downriggers which included this view of the harbor.
27 miles today!
