So much fun to meet with Kathy this afternoon. She and Phyllis were lifelong friends.
Lunch at Selland’s
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Adult Learn to Ride – Wednesday
This was supposed to be a Level 2 class with a short ride off campus, but our cyclists were not quite ready. Christy and Lennore demonstrated the ABCQuick Check:
Ready to go:
Adult Learn to Ride – Monday
Our first class of the spring season. In the Bike Tech classroom at Inderkum High School, our first task is take out tightly-packed bikes, air up the tires, and take off all the pedals. A busy 45 minutes before people start arriving.
Part 1: gliding and balancing.
One person left early, kind of gave up quickly because it was too difficult. Almost everyone had two pedals on by the end. One man used to be a good bike rider, but he’d had a stroke five years ago, he really wanted to relearn and he did? A few will come back for the next class on Wednesday.
Teaching this class is a heart-warming experience. Kathy, Lennore and Christy are great to work with. Of course, Anya from Jibe is always a big help.
Happy Birthday
Party Pardee
I drove up to Ione Saturday morning and began the 70km route at about 8:30.
First rest stop:
My top speed on a downhill on a very smooth road was 40 mph. Some roads, on the other hand, were quite rough.
Pardee Reservoir:
46 miles – whew! a long ride. Thank you e-bike.
First Friday
Time for some bicycle networking at Track 7 Brewing.
Volleyball
Avery had a volleyball game this evening and it was a bit of a rout. In fact when the other team scored their first point late in the first set, the entire room clapped. Thais and I joked it took longer for me to drive one way to the game than the game itself.
Baseball
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.
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.
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