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Your bike rides this week

Tuesday January 23. I rode with Cheryl and Kathy:

Thursday January 25. Brenda:

Saturday January 27. What a fun ride today. Brenda, Laurie, and Laurie rode in from the east side. I rode with Cheryl, BarbaraB, and Laura from Four Seasons Westshore where we all live. Along the way, we picked up Rod and Sue .. soon Rod’s pedal came off, he had to return home, fix the pedal with the right tool, put the bike on his vehicle and rush to meet us at the train station – he made it, barely. We all met at the bike-ped bridge over I-80. Agueda and Minerva arrived and we all took off to the train station. Jim met us at the station. Our train left at 9:55 am.

A few bikes could fit in this car but not 12 so we all moved to the bike car.

In the bike car, it’s impossible to tilt an ebike on its back wheel and secure the front wheel on a hook at a 6-foot height. Our bikes are much too heavy. Even with the non-ebikes, it took two of us to manage the lifting up/down process.

It was a 15-minute train ride to Davis. We were going to ride the 12-mile Davis Bike Loop which is mostly marked. To our benefit, Anya from Jibe met us at the train station and rode the entire loop with us. Anya and family live in Davis which means she was an excellent tour guide.

Back at the train station, we were two riders short for a very good reason. BarbaraB and Cheryl left the route at about the 3/4 point and rode back to Sacramento. Their ride was 40 miles total.

This was a great ride. 30+ miles for most of us. Several riders learned a lot about the limits of their bikes.

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High water

The past week had some bike riding and even more bike-related meetings. I’ve been hired by Love to Ride to work on May is Bike Month as a Community Engagement Manager. It’s a part-time job and ends in early June. I need to learn how to do this job from square one. Thankfully I will be mentored by someone who’s been doing it on her own for the past two years.

I also tested a route for Jibe using Ride with GPS. You can follow the route on your phone easily if you have a phone holder on your handlebars. You can also listen to verbal cues. High water for the Sacramento River along the Garden Highway:

Lots of script reading this week also to be ready for filming next week. Lunch with Kathie at Jack’s Urban Eats was a nice way to end the week.

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Your bike rides this week

Sunday January 14. Brenda and Lori on Jackrabbit Trail. Thanks to whoever decorates this little tree with seasonal decorations:

Brenda and Rachel:

Monday January 15. Cheryl and I rode to the race track at Cal Expo and back.

Friday January 19. Dani, Cheryl, Kathy:

Lori and Laurie:

Brenda in New Orleans! Great idea: go for a bike ride on vacation.

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Active Transportation Commission

Going to this meeting at City Hall was the only activity for me this week due to catching a mild cold. New City Hall:

Due to a scheduling conflict, tonight’s meeting was at Old City Hall:

There was no way I could miss this meeting because electing the next Chairperson was on the agenda. Who won? … me, for the next two years.

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Sports-filled weekend

Sophia played in a volleyball tournament all weekend.

Sunday was the busiest, volleyball all day for Sophia, basketball and flag football for both boys.

In the first half, Carson intercepted 3 balls and returned them for touchdowns. In the second half, he was quarterback for a while.

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Preparations

Last week was interesting and very different – helping to create some instructional videos for Jibe. Anya wrote a script to go along with the Adult Learn to Ride classes. We edited back and forth for a couple of days, then met in person for an out-loud reading, timing, more edits. On Saturday, I removed all the “extras” from my bike – stickers, bottle cages, cell phone holder, etc – and good cleaning is ahead.

This weekend, I will be reading the script over and over, out-loud, to be ready for filming next week. I don’t have to memorize it, I’ll be using a teleprompter – another first.

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Marysville for lunch

A new favorite thing for me is the new Costco in Linda, about 35 miles north. I’m not a member, but this Costco is the closest one for a friend who lives 30 miles farther north. So, after Maria’s shopping trip we met in Marysville for lunch and a visit. Stassi’s 4th Ward Tavern is a sentimental favorite of ours.

I think Stassi’s might qualify as a “dive bar”, the food is really good.

**Canadian relatives: Every time I wear my Roughriders sweatshirt, I send all of you all a BIG hello.

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Thursday with C&A

I picked up the boys from school today. Avery finished his homework in the car. Carson waited until we were home, then got online with his friend Hudson. I could hear from the other room, “Number 2 is …” and he read a sentence. “Number 3 is ‘Will wanted to go fishing with his grandfather’.”

I asked: What are you doing? Giving him all the answers? Big smile.

There’s a new pet in the household. A quest by Carson for over a year. This is Mango, a 2 1/2 foot-long yellow belly python:

Hmm, what’s going on in the back yard?

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Your bike rides this week

Wednesday January 3. Rachel, Brenda, Laurie:

Thursday January 4. Dog walking while biking. Dani with Bella, Kathy with Rambo.

The above 1-mile ride was followed by a longer one (without dogs).

Thursday January 4. End of the trail in Egret Park discovered by BarbaraL and Skye:

Friday January 5. I rode with Roslyn, Cheryl, Kathy and Dani to far side of Seymour Park in the Pocket area. Three bridges over and one tunnel under busy roads in the linear park.