Yesterday I flew to Roanoke Virginia where Billie lives. Today we drove south to Smyrna. Sheetz is one of my favorite places in the south. You order at a computer terminal – super easy – go pay, then pick up your freshly-prepared food. The selection of food and drinks (including fancy coffees) is huge and the prices are low.
Welcome to the freeways around Atlanta. Our exit is 9 miles away and it will only take 30 minutes to get there.
Tomorrow we will begin riding the Silver Comet Trail.
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Almost ready to go
The last few days have been busy. Getting lesson plans ready for two bike clubs. Making a sign and cracking/shelling 30 pounds of walnuts. There’s a craft fair on April 12 at the clubhouse but I will be out of town. Two of my neighbors, Silvia and Kathie are going to man my table and sell walnuts and hopefully find some people who would like to buy part of a cow from Justin in late August. 
Time to finish packing:
Coffee with friends
Adrienne and Linda:
Sports Saturday
Sophia is #12.
Carson preferred to walk the balance beam with assistance.
Avery is at bat. The ball comes from a pitching machine.
TGIF
at the Clubhouse. Three neighbors on my street, Crete Island Lane, hosted tonight’s get-together. The title was “From Crete Island to …” We each did a 5-minute slideshow presentation about our recent travels. We got very good advertising and there were a lot of people who attended. Yay.
So much food!
My slide show was about the Erie Canalway bike ride last summer. I brought my bike loaded with everything I would need for a 7-day bike ride.
Kirk and Holly Talon shared their Camino de Santiago walk last summer which started in Porto Portugal. Their backpacks are ready for their next Camino walk – they leave in a couple of weeks. Kirk has his guitar strapped to his backpack.
My next door neighbors, Colleen and Matt Harding, shared their walk on the Kumano Kodo trail in Japan.
Bicycle parking
Another bike ride today, about 22 miles with a stop at Target. They had no bicycle rack to lock up my bike so I had to get creative. I got the best parking spot ever! Love it.
Bookmark and pancakes
Sophia and Avery were excited to make me a bookmark – out of glue. Step one: use a plastic lid from a box and color a tray-like space. I wanted a rainbow bookmark.
Then you pour glue all over it and wait 3 days for it to completely dry. The colors soak up into the glue.
Time to make pancakes. Avery is great at measuring and mixing the ingredients and making sure the sugar hasn’t gone bad.
Sophia and Avery prefer their pancakes with syrup and iPads.
Carson prefers his with a side of whipped cream.
Lastly, a game of Break the Ice:
Now, Grandma can go home. Smiling.
Sandman
Discovered on a bike ride around the community: a new-to-me game, Sandman. I saw a group of 6 high schoolers on this play structure. Everyone was moving around silently, I stopped to watch. Later they explained. The person who is “it” must close their eyes when moving around on the structure trying to tag someone else, eyes open when feet are on the ground.
Ride leader training at Jibe
Veteran LCIs and about-to-become LCIs got together today for some ride leader training at the Jibe office. Mellissa Meng was the organizer.
We spent 2 hours on bikes in small groups on the streets around Natomas Park Elementary practicing good teaching techniques. Hopefully Project Ride Smart will soon have some new instructors.
St Patrick’s Day
There was a dinner and entertainment at the lodge tonight.
Ade came with me! People are beginning to think Ade lives at Westshore too.
Irish music
and dancing.
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