Project Ride Smart

Wednesday, day 2 of street rides. Becky reviewing hand signals while Gina gets the jerseys ready.

Thank you to all volunteers: a parent of a 5th grader, Paul, and Laura.

I rode in the park with the first Red group while Becky worked one-on-one with a student.

For the next group of students, Becky went for a ride in the park with a group of students while I stayed on campus and … hurray … got Ramon riding independently. When Becky got back, and came around the corner, Ramon set off from the opposite corner of the blacktop. Such a sweet boy, his classmates cheered him on, so did Becky. Ramon was so happy and proud.

Thursday, day 3 of street rides. Today’s team: Laura/volunteer sweep, LCIs Gina, Deanna, Pierson:

I rode with the Pierson’s red group.

A great picture to demonstrate the importance of having a sweep. This wobbly rider was far behind the rest of the red group.

Adult Learn to Ride

Level 3. The students who came to tonight’s class needed to have basic bike handling skills. We reviewed past learning and taught scanning, and the multi-step left turn. We had 3 students 2 LCIs, and 2 volunteers. Kathy and Lennore took the group out for a ride:

In the front row, tonight’s students. Back row: Lennore, Jeff, me, Kathy.

Project Ride Smart

at Witter Ranch Elementary, about 1.5 miles from my house. I was a volunteer sweep for street rides today. BeckyG and Deanna were the lead LCIs.

ABCQuick Check before leaving campus.

Laura was a new volunteer and I trained her by riding with her for Deanna’s yellow group.

Mother’s Day

We all got together at Justin’s for brunch. Justin and Lenin did a great job of getting everything ready to make breakfast burritos.

Baby pigs arrived a couple of weeks ago:

Justin currently has 2 cows, each with a calf, and 2 yearlings:

The neighbor next door has a lot of sheep and lambs:

A very good day. I’m so lucky to have a family like this.

Bike Doc

Robert from SABA emailed last night and asked if I was available to do intake for Bike Doc on Saturday morning at nearby Blackbird Park. Yes and a very short walk from my house.

Country Centre 4-H Bicycle Project

We met early Friday evening at Jeanne’s garage near Two Rivers Elementary. Evret is the project Jr Leader. He races mountain bikes. Tonight he demonstrated how to fix a flat tire.

I led a short but exciting bike ride for 12 people to a nearby ice cream shop. My #1 priority: keeping everyone safe. We had to go straight through a busy round-about and cross a busy street. Everything went smoothly. Evret’s dad and I watched the bikes while everyone else ordered ice cream.

Terrific to have so many parents come along on the ride.