at the recently-opened N Natomas Aquatic Center.
I was invited by Jibe along with many other employees/friends/board members. Here a group of Parent Champions chat with William before lunch was served:
All through lunch, there were interesting speakers. A video message from Congresswoman Doris Matsue, Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg
and Sacramento Chief of Police Kathy Lester.
Such a fun event. Informative! Thank you, Jibe!
Today was our first bike club meeting. What a great turn out. We will meet every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon for the next 5 weeks.
There was a really good turnout for Office Hours for Better on Bikes. We spent an hour at Inderkum High School working on various skills. Jim, Lenore, Paul, Tracy, Elaine, Alejandro, Agueda, Brenda, Diana:
Zane’s dad explained to Carson how to run a route to catch a pass:
Meanwhile, Avery …
Ouch! The moment the baseball landed.
The Good Jibes team.
Standing L-R: Charlie, Bruce, Diane, Dani, Becky, Steven. Kneeling: Michelle, Mellissa, me, Kathy.
At mile 15, rest stop #1:
Becky with Charlie and Mellissa in the distance:
At mile 29, rest stop #2, in Live Oak:
42 miles back to the starting point in ..
Lunch was served afterwards. This was a great ride benefitting the Northern CA Lions Club Health Foundation.
in Jim and Lucy’s garage! It’s been a long time since I last joined this group that meets almost weekly. Jim and Nikki, Jerry and Laura:
Archie and Sandy, Jerry:
Jim and Lucy:
And me:
On Thursday, the first Zoom class for Better on Bikes 4!
On Friday, I worked with Deanna and Christy at Regency Park Elementary teaching four 5th-grade classes Project Ride Smart – the first day of blacktop drills.
Tuesday March 29. Dani, Kathy, Cindy:
Friday April 1. Dani, Brian, Kathy, Terri:
Monday April 4. Dani, Terri, Cindy, Kathy:
Friday April 15. Dani, Kathy, Terri:
Monday April 18.
Tuesday April 19. Dani and Kathy:
BIG thanks to everyone who kept our local bike rides going. In 24 days, the 6 cyclists above went on 12 rides for a total of 669 miles. Go team!
But first, an update. Kathy and I arrived in Sacramento late Sunday evening, we’d been traveling for 24 hours. It took a couple of days to adjust to California time.
By chance, our appetizers were both bell-pepper oriented this time. Mine was a cucumber/dill/cream cheese dip. Merrilyn made caramelized peppers with capers and Gorgonzola on crostini.
Everything in Merrilyn’s yard is popping with blooms.
It’s so good to be home!!
On Wednesday evening, Kathy Cheryl and I had dinner in the hotel restaurant. Cheryl was able to fly home the next day.
Kathy and I needed a few more days to rest, recover, and figure out how to get home as soon as possible. On Saturday, it was time for one final adventure. We took the free shuttle to Schipol Airport then the train to Centraal Station. We exited on the north side of the station and, on a whim, jumped on a ferry that was leaving shortly.
We got off, found an information kiosk and asked where we were on the city map we had. Definitely NOT where we wanted to be so we ran back to the same ferry and headed back to Centraal Station.
Once we exited the south side of Centraal Station, we were able to walk directly to Dam Square. Very crowded today!
The tulips are now in full bloom.
We walked through the Red Light District and made our way back to Centraal Station.
Time to repack our suitcases and get ready to fly home tomorrow!
