Saturday morning. We met at Peregrine Park and rode the American River Bike Trail to the Guy West Bridge, crossed the river and took a slightly different route back, going through McKInley Village where we stopped for a group picture at the “rabbit ears”.

Lorge led, Lennore was sweep. The very best time to get a flat tire is on one of our rides. Step back and let the experts fix it fast.

31 miles. Great ride.

Busy .. but fun. Next, lunch at Treehouse Cafe with Elaine, Hana, and BarbaraL.

Later in the afternoon, it was First Friday Bicycle Networking at CharQterie.

A big group showed up – yay!

of Kaia FIT, a gym about 3 miles from my house.

A few months ago, Tequilla took over ownership of the gym and improvements began immediately. This morning was the grand opening. The Kaia Fit founder and CEO attended along with staff and Councilmember Lisa Kaplan.

I started weight training with Elaine at the beginning of 2025. I’ve made a lot of progress. One example. In January, I could deadlift 10 lbs using dumbbells, last week I lifted 100 lbs using a barbell (lol-just once to set a personal record). Another thing I like, it takes just two hours/week: one hour with Elaine, one hour in the gym at the Lodge. There are also many other benefits, but the one I like the most is .. increased bone density. Elaine, Councilmember Lisa Kaplan, me:

In a few weeks, we’ll be off on a trip together, so this was sort of a pre-trip planning meeting with Ann, Linda and Kathy. Linda is so good at keeping track of openings in our itinerary where we could squeeze in another activity.

Justin’s (green) tractor:

Great group on today’s ride. 11 riders, 10 ebikes, 5 new to this route-and they loved it. On the Larkspur ferry:

Leaving from the Ferry Building.

From the top of the first short but steep climb.

At Fort Point:

After lunch in Sausalito, we made a quick stop in Tiburon.

The bike-parking tree at Larkspur Landing.

BarbaraL, Kimberly, Lori, Sandi, Brad, Jorge, BarbaraB, Jane, Cheryl, me, Brenda:

Great ride with great friends. 34 miles.

Terri and I had lunch at Obo’ (great food) before going to B St Theatre.

Dracula – A Comedy of Terrors – featuring a total hunk.