Only one parent available to get three children to three different locations at almost the same time. Grandma to the rescue. I took Avery to Ciavarella Park at 4:00 for pre-game practice followed by a 5:00 game.
Baseball
Monthly Archives: March 2025
B St Theatre
Terri and I parked near the theater and walked to Obo for lunch before the play.
Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense. Sometimes I don’t appreciate a play until a couple of days later. This time, the skill of three actors performing so many different roles was pretty amazing even though I had a hard time following the story line. And I didn’t know Jeeves and Wooster was a British tv series in the early 1990s.
Smart Cycling – part 2
Saturday. Everyone from Tuesday night came met at the Jibe office for the bicycling part of the class. The group was divided into two groups. Charlie and Doug worked with one group.
Gina and I worked with another group which included everyone who wants to move on to the LCI seminar. We rode a route in the neighborhood which included a few teaching stops. I rode sweep for the first part. Here, a left turn onto Natomas Blvd .. a great example of doubling up at an intersection with (almost) everyone in power pedal position waiting for the light to turn green.
PRS @ HAH
I was the only LCI available to lead the final day of Project Ride Smart and H Allen Hight – the bike “rodeo”. Three 10-minute rotations. Charlie did the Slow Race:
BarbaraL led a weaving course called Rattlesnake Rumble:
Kathy led the Bottle Cap Drop:
I was the timer and general organizer. Four very excited classes of enthusiastic 5th graders who were just a couple of hours away from the beginning of spring break. If you’re a retired teacher, you know what I mean by “enthusiastic.”
Adult Learn to Ride
Wednesday evening. We had 15 people signed up with 3 LCIs and 2 volunteers. We worked out of the Bike Tech classroom at Inderkum. We prepped 15 bikes by removing all the pedals and pumping up tires before the evening’s students arrived. Lennore, Paul, BarbaraL, Kathy, and Anya from Jibe were invaluable in getting everything ready.
Selecting a bike and getting ready for the balance and glide phase.
And then we got quite busy. So much success and lots of smiling faces. Many were successful and plan to sign up for Level 2. A few will return for the next Level 1 class. Just one left early and said bicycling was too hard.
Project Ride Smart
at H Allen Hight on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. I volunteered to ride sweep for BarbaraL’s Yellow group.
Becky’s Red group:
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Smart Cycling – part 1
Gina taught a 3-hour Smart Cycling class this evening at the Jibe office. Some of the attendees are on a path to become a League Cycling Instructor. Some are ride leaders for Jibe’s Navigate Natomas rides. It’s been more than 11 years since I took this class so this refresher was good. Plus, Gina and I will be assessing bike handling drills and street riding skills next Saturday for second part of the class.
Learn to Ride
Kathy and I drove to a parking structure at UCD Med Center this morning to assist Becky with a Learn to Ride class.
Michelina, a quick study, was soon ready to weave between cones.
Fun morning.
Off-road biking
Dani and I went for a ride today. So much fun. Near the end of the 30-mile ride, Dani chose a short non-paved trail. I followed, I have wide tires. Then I told her about a non-paved trail along a canal that she might enjoy and off we went. Except at the exit at Del Paso Rd, there was a gate with a narrow opening. My bike was easy. Dani’s trike was another story. We ended up turning the trike on its side and lifting it through, angling to allow for the mirrors first, then the headrest. Whew! We did it.
Volleyball
Spring sports at St Ignatius: boys’ volleyball. Avery is serving, Lenin is line judge.
Posters for Avery (who would not divulge his jersey number until game time-lol), Rama, and Christian:
But they brought a marker and soon added #3. More dads wanted photos, including Lenin.
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