On Valentine’s Day, we rode to downtown Sacramento to check out the new Slow Streets closures on 26th St, O and V Sts. Katie Valenzuela, City Councilperson for this area and a few volunteers manned an information table near Sutter’s Fort. 23 miles round trip. Below – Carmen, Barbara, Cheryl, me, Jonathan, Katie, and a volunteer who gave us all boxes of candy hearts:

Tu Feb 16: Barbara, Cheryl, Pat and Jonathan rode to Miller Park and back. 20 miles.

Wed Feb 17, we rode the Bannon Creek Loop – 12 miles. Amal, Cindy, Cheryl, Jonathan:

Sat Feb 20, we rode to Rio Linda via the Sacramento Northern Bike Trail then cut over to the Dry Creek Parkway Trail to the end at the Cherry Island Soccer Fields. When we rode back, we took a bumpy dirt road past the Dry Creek Ranch House then Curved Bridge Rd to “downtown” Rio Linda before taking the Sac Northern home. 29 miles. Pat Cheryl, Jonathan, Jane, Barbara, Leo:

Wednesday: Bannon Creek Parkway loop, 13 miles. Amal, Cheryl, Pat, Leo, Jonathan.

Thursday: Tour d’Arlete, 15 miles. Leo, Cheryl, Kathy, Dani, Lorge.

Friday: to the northern terminus of the Sacramento Northern Bike Trail in Elverta. Cheryl, Kathy, Cindy, Barbara, Jonathan.

Saturday: Sacramento Northern Bike Trail from Del Paso to Discovery Park, 22 miles. Jonathan, Kathy, Jane, Cindy, Cheryl, Barbara.

Sunday. Three of us drove to the Amtrak Station and unloaded our bikes. Three others rode in from N Natomas for the ride. We rode the Sacramento River Trail to Freeport, crossed the bridge and rode back to W Sacramento on S River Rd and Village Parkway. 27 miles unless you were Dani and Kathy (43 miles) and Lorge (48 miles). Lorge, Cheryl, Jane, Dani, Kathy.

The narrow bridge at Freeport:

Another great week of rides. All rides totaled = 130 miles!

Dani led a bike ride to Old Sac and beyond. 25 miles. WITHOUT me. Hurray! Independence! Cheryl took this picture of Kathy, Barbara, Leo (welcome back), and Dani: