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International Women’s Day

A three-day bicycling celebration. SABA uploaded the following pictures to social media and to the IWD website on behalf of our riding group.

Saturday: me, Cindy, and Cheryl on E Levee Rd. Hansen Ranch Park in background. Jonathan took the picture.

Sunday: Office Hours for Better on Bikes. Leo and JoAnne:

Maria and Cherry:

Rose:

Monday: a great 29-mile ride through downtown to Sac State, then the American River Parkway back to Discovery Park and home. Photo by Leo. Cheryl, Kathy, me, Carmen, Jane, Barbara:

Needless to say, we ROCK!

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Ridin’ in Rancho 1

Another teaching opportunity, this time from SABA. Five online Zoom classes on Thursday evenings using material from Better on Bikes but adapted to a larger (than N Natomas) audience. The goal is to reach people who live in Rancho Cordova because the financial support comes from Community Enhancement Grant.

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Second Covid-19 shot

Adrienne and I both got our second shots today at Natomas High School about 2 hours apart. After Ade’s appointment, we met at Baskin Robbins for celebration ice cream. And I got to meet Ade’s new roommate, Chloe, a mini Golden Doodle.

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BoB 1 + BoB 2

This was our first combined bike ride with the participants from Better on Bikes sessions 1 and 2. Some of us rode over to Wild Rose Park and met a few people from BoB 2 who live on the east side of I-5. Then we rode a 10-mile loop. It was great to see everyone getting to know each other, lots of riding tips were shared. Cheryl, Jane, Jonathan, Leo, Terry, Maria, Cathy, Dani, Kathy:

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Bike rides

Thursday Feb 25: Barbara, Jane, Leo, Kathy, and Cheryl rode along the Sacramento River Trail to Scott’s Seafood. 24 miles.

Friday Feb 26: Tour d’Arlete (which now has 1/3 fewer Arlete’s btw – one lamppost is being repaired and recent high winds took another). 16 miles. Leo, Kathy, Cheryl, Cindy:

Sunday Feb 28: While some of us were at Office Hours, Barbara lead a ride to Scott’s Seafood. 24 miles. Barbara, Cheryl, Mary, and Jane:

Monday Mar 1: We rode south to get on the Garden Highway and headed north to the airport (not around it) on N Bayou Rd and home. 20 miles. All of us like riding the Garden Highway, very few cars, no stopping, and beautiful scenery. Cindy, Cheryl, Leo Carmen, Jonathan:

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Office Hours

Cindy and I planned to ride over to Inderkum High School for Office Hours and meet other Better on Bikes II participants. There are more people from the east side of I-5 so this time, the parking lot at Inderkum HS was a better choice. However, I got a flat tire about a mile from home. We came up with a quick plan: Cindy would ride back and get my vehicle with bike rack. As she rode away, here came Kathy who has changed a few flat tires in her lifetime. She used to be a bike racer. She was fast. In fact, her goal was to have it fixed and the bike put back together before Cindy got back. As it turned out, the tire never would hold air. Time for a new tube. Only later, was the nail in the tire discovered – should have checked for that.

We got to Office Hours on time and had a great session with Cindy, Kathy, Theresa, Ginger, and Terry. And Cindy loaned me her ebike for the short ride we did.

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Thursday @ Merrilyn’s

Merrilyn is totally vaccinated and I’m halfway there so we “risked” it and got together for a visit. We were both in veggie mode. Toasted walnut hummus with pita crackers and raw vegetables and – a favorite recipe of Phyllis – Veggie Bars.