Darn, I didn’t feel well and couldn’t go to the celebration, but Thais and family came by afterward with leftovers, flowers and cards.
Mother’s Day
Your bike rides this week
Friday May 5. I took this picture of Cheryl, Kathy, and Dani:
Monday May 8. Brenda and Rachel:
Tuesday May 9. Dan,i Kathy, Ingrid, Jean Marie, Cheryl.
Brenda, BarbaraL, Agueda, Rachel:
Thursday May 11. Kathy and Cheryl:
Friday May 12. Maria, Agueda, Brenda:
Sunday May 14. Dani and Earldine:
Ready to Ride
By 9:00 Saturday morning, we were set up to fit and sell helmets and locks. I worked with Michelle and Elaine:
Nearby, Bike Doc was taking in bikes for repair:
The third area had strider bikes (no pedals) ready for children ages 2-7 to learn how to balance and scoot on a bike.
Happy customers! When I asked to take a picture, the boys struck a pose – lol.
Garden and gecko
I picked up Sophia, Avery, and Carson after school. Carson gave me a tour of the newly-planted garden
and showed my how big Rusty the gecko has gotten. The dark blue lips are from a tootsie pop – with a center of gum.
Project Ride Smart
Tuesday at Witter Ranch, I volunteered with Jane to sweep the street rides. At the end of the day for one class, I subbed for Deanna who needed to leave early. With LCI Doug, I rode with the yellow group:
Wednesday, I subbed for Deanna for the first two classes. Hurray! Emiliano learned to ride.
Thursday, the last day of street rides. I rode sweep for Doug.
Ride the City
This ride started at City Hall and with a planned ending time of 8:00 in Oak Park. I did not want to ride back to the start point alone and later in the evening, so I drove to the end point early and rode to City Hall, arriving way too early of course since I didn’t know how this would work exactly.
Jennifer Donlon-Wyant organized this ride with City engineers and planners to tour bicycling infrastructure in Downtown Sacramento. 91 people signed up however only half that number showed up – whew, managing 90+ people on a downtown ride would have been challenging. Thanks to Deb and Rob from SABA for providing help at major intersections.
Stop #1 to learn about improvements to P, Q, and 21st Streets and the new ACE train station which will have no gas-burning vehicle parking but upgraded access for active transportation users.
Our final stop near Broadway in Oak Park:
What a great ride and I learned a lot. Bicycle infrastructure continues to grow in Sacramento.
Adult Learn to Ride
Class #2. Another evening with many successful new bike riders.
Loopalooza
I met Brenda and Lennore at the train station in Davis.
We rode the 12-mile town loop with 11 different stations to celebrate Loopalooza. We started at the SABA booth. Hillary and Rob:
Jibe Joy Ride
There was enough of a chance of rain that my first Pedal Up Natomas class was canceled this morning. However, that meant I would be able to do the Jibe Joy ride. We met at the Jibe office at 8:30. There were about 20 of us who decided to take the risk of rain. It wasn’t really rain, more a heavy mist or light sprinkle. Pierson, Jim, Paul, Leo, Brenda:
Also riding from our group, Cheryl, Stephen, and Chris.
At mile 16, we stopped at Valley Oak Park for breakfast. A wonderful spread from Panera. Thank you Jibe!
As we left for the final 4 miles, the heavy mist turned into a downpour. I had a good rain jacket, but I was soaked from the waist down. The joys of riding a bike. Warm shower and hot beverage ahead.
After school coaching
at Witter Ranch. Deanna and Gina needed a bit of help when 18 fifth-graders signed up for session one.
Only four will be invited back for session two. Many just needed to refresh their skills.
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