on Wednesday. Sausage-stuffed mushrooms and Chile con queso dip with chips.


in Elk Grove, at District 56 and The Preserve.

Station 1: Register and helmet fitting.

Station 2: inflate tires (thank you Nathen)

and a bike check by Robert, SABA mechanic.

Station 3 with LCI BarbaraL: ride straight, controlled stop, left turn signal.

Station 4 with LCI Kathy: scanning, stop signal, controlled stop, right turn signal.

Station 5 with LCI Gina: slow race.

BarbaraL and Cub Scouts after returning from a trail ride.

A successful event.

I’ve been getting ready for weeks for a big (to me) event in Elk Grove. A bike rodeo for 55 Cub Scouts, ages 5-11. I came up with a plan, hired 3 LCIs and 4 SABA staff members, and purchased supplies ..

Now, fingers crossed, I’ve thought of everything and tomorrow will go well. According to the SABA website http://sacbike.org I am the Education Manager .. here goes a new part-time job.
The second Jibe ride of the day began in the early evening. There was a S Natomas Festival at a park about 7 miles away.


Bike valet by SABA – free secure bike parking – yay!

I stood in line at a food truck for 15 minutes with no movement forward so abandoned the idea of having dinner there .. walked around for at least 30 minutes, and decided to leave. Amazingly the food line had still not moved, good decision to ride back to our neighborhood and pick up some takeout on the way home. 13 additional miles for today, 37 miles total.