After Bike Doc, I went to pick up Avery
and Carson for a make-up baseball game in Arden Park. This hit ended up as a triple:
Baseball on Saturday
Your bike rides this week
Saturday March 30. Kathy:
Monday April 1: Brenda and Kristi:
Tuesday April 2. Brenda, Lori and Laurie:
Friday April 5. Kathy and Dani:
Saturday April 6. Brenda and Laurie going for a Jibe bike ride which met at Westlake Park. Behind Laurie is Lorge.
Party Pardee
Up early for a one-hour drive to Howard Park in Ione for Party Pardee, an annual bike ride organized by Bike Hikers.
The 65-mile group had a start time of 7:30. My group, riding the 26-mile route, left at 8:30.
Rest stop #1.
In the distance, Lake Camanche.
Rest stop #2. Except there wasn’t a second rest stop on the 26-mile route. Oops, I missed a turn. If I continued, I would end up riding 65 miles.
Nope. 31 miles – that was enough. I got a ride back to the start with the sag support guys. The other passenger in the back seat with me lost a cleat on one shoe, her ride was over also.
The after-ride meal.
I walked with my plate until I found … Becky! We haven’t seen each other in years. So fun to catch up.
A stroll through the vendors including Gina – Gadget Girl Goods.
Hillary and Rob from SABA promoting May is Bike Month:
A live band.
Great event! Thank you Bike Hikers.
Thursday @ Merrilyn’s
on Friday. Crab cakes with remoulade and Couscous chicken avocado salad with focaccia toasts.
B St Theater
Cindy, Terri and I went to B St Theater on Easter Sunday afternoon
to see Cosmo St James is Dead and Someone in This Room Killed Him. The play was quite good, funny, and there was audience participation. The set design was excellent.
After the play, Terri and I went to Ink – a former tattoo parlor, now a popular restaurant.
Easter
Justin, Jennifer and I had the perfect breakfast: waffles, bacon and mimosas in the morning. Meanwhile in another part of the city, 2 of 3 boys wake up to an Easter basket.
And in Las Vegas, #4 in the red jersey, the “libero”, was diving and saving points.
West Sacramento Earth Day
Cheryl and I rode to Bryte Park on Sunday morning. We were so happy to find bike valet parking and Yoshi was happy to park the first two bikes of the day.
Diana and Rob from SABA:
Alice and Tim from SABA promoting May is Bike Month.
We had a great lunch from Chando’s food truck and rode home. A great day for a bike ride.
Project Ride Smart – day 3
Friday and somewhat rainy. And cold if you forgot to wear a jacket. I brought an extra rain jacket and loaned it out a couple of times.
Our intrepid team for the day: Diana, a parent volunteer who stayed for the entire day (!), Laurie, Charlie.
In front of the classroom: Pierson.
Uh-oh, a mishap at the skate park had an unfortunate result for LCI Doug – a broken ankle.
Doug’s explanation about the picture: “Weel … Scots are an optimistic people always looking for the silver lining. So here you go! I no longer need to put on kilt hose and garters just to carry my Sgian Dubh. I ken that will come in handy if I’m attacked by a wild haggis!”
Community Conversations
Thursday evening, I went to Councilmember Lisa Kaplan’s Community Conversations as District 1’s Active Transportation Commissioner. All but one of the Commissioners attended.
We each had a table and supplies to gather feedback. I did a bit of advertising for May is Bike Month.
People kept meandering in for the next 30 minutes until the room was quite full.
Speaking is Councilmember Lisa Kaplan. To her right, the Chief of Police and someone from the Department of Finance to explain how the City is dealing with a budget deficit.
Hurray for feedback. Comments asked for improved bus service, safety improvements for pedestrians and cyclists and a bicycle-pedestrian bridge over I-5 connecting the west side of N Natomas to the east side between Del Paso Rd and Arena Blvd. Locally we call it the Snowy Egret Bridge. Now that the idea has been officially floated by CLK (who has already talked about this project with our US Congressman Ami Bera), we are now a mere 10-24 years away from completion. If everything moves along at a reasonable pace, I will get to ride over Snowy Egret bike/ped bridge some time between ages 85 and 99.
SAC
= Sophia, Avery, Carson on my calendar. Early dismissal today. I picked up Carson at St Ignatius while Avery got a ride to track & field practice. Later, I dropped off Sophia – on spring break – at a friend’s house, then picked up Avery after practice. Different school schedules and busy kids.
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