Wednesday December 1. Leo took this picture of Rich, Cheryl, and Dani:

Saturday December 4. Cheryl at the Tweed Ride:

Sunday December 5. I took this picture of Cheryl and Barbara on E Levee Rd. Hansen Ranch Park is in the background.

Wednesday December 8. Cheryl, Gina, and Leo at the Natomas Fish Hatchery:

Thursday December 9. Dani, Barbara, Cheryl, Kathy:

Thursday night. Bike Party Christmas light ride. Rich and crew, me, Cheryl, Barbara, Mayte, Sergio and wife:

Friday December 10. Dani, Cheryl, Kathy, Jane, me, Rich at Scott’s Seafood:

Saturday December 11. I took this picture at Teal Bend Golf Course, a really good rest stop when we ride around the airport.

Fingers crossed for riding next week, days of much-needed rain predicted.

What a fun event! Carol and Ben contact the community through Facebook for periodic fun rides around the community. Since I’m not on FB, I just learned about the Christmas lights ride and invited others to join in. We met at Natomas Community Park and started the 5-mile ride at 7:00. A brief pre-ride talk by Carol:

Rockmont Circle:

Arlete’s BIG was well-represented. Rich brought several family members, Cheryl, Barbara, Mayte, Sergio and his wife:

We all really enjoyed this ride. Very different from what we usually do. I know we’ll do this again.

Leo, Cheryl, and I drove to Folsom for a 13-mile ride around Lake Natoma led by Gina Silvernale. It was cold and foggy but still lots of fun. Gina lives nearby and knows a lot about the area, so we made a few interesting stops. A heron rookery across the river:

An eagle’s nest:

A quite long cycle track made of driftwood by locals:

Hazel Ave bridge crossing the American River, the fish hatchery is to the left:

Check out the salmon jumping out of the water at the salmon ladder:

Cheryl, Gina, and Leo:

Thanks Gina, a great guided ride! After the ride, Leo headed back. Gina, Cheryl, and I had lunch at Karen’s Bakery. Omg, I loved what I had: pulled pork over black beans with a perfectly poached egg on top.

The sixth and final Zoom meeting for the first Better on Bikes classes was November 16 2020. That’s when I started a new Bicycle Interest Group with about 50 members. We started going for bike rides and I started tracking miles. I did a little assessment on November 16 2021. There are now 73 people who receive an email on Sundays with the next week’s ride schedule. 44 of them have actually gone on one or more bike rides for a total of 30,676 miles.

92% of the total accumulated miles were achieved by just 12 cyclists:

Definitely time to celebrate so I threw a little party on Friday afternoon:

Wednesday November 17. Amal, Cheryl and I went for a ride:

Friday November 19. Barbara, Cheryl, and I went for a ride:

Saturday November 20. Cheryl, Barbara and Leo rode 45 miles total and had lunch in Freeport:

Sunday November 21. Cheryl, Jane and I went for a ride:

Monday November 22. Dani, Jane, Leo, and Cheryl:

Friday November 26. Leo took this picture of Cheryl and me on a downtown ride:

Saturday November 27. Leo took this picture of Cheryl and me on a ride through Natomas Community Park:

Sunday November 28. Cheryl, Barbara and me in front of LPAS Sacramento (where Thais works):

Monday November 29. Dani, Kathy, Cheryl and Leo:

Tuesday November 30. Leo took this picture of Kathy and Cheryl + an inquisitive friend in Elverta.

I rode sweep with Cheryl, Cindy, Chris, Kathy, Dani, and Jane. There’s a new I-5 overpass called Metro Air Parkway, then north to Elverta Rd, west to Garden Highway, south toward home. Very little traffic and new roads made for a great 20-mile ride. This is one of the favorite routes for Arlete’s BIG.

Jibe invited local bicycling groups to meet on Friday at noon on the Jackrabbit Trail where it intersects with Arena Blvd. Cindy, Cheryl and I left from our neighborhood. Steven and Rich met us there. A new mural was in its final stages of completion on the backside of the administration buildings of Natomas Unified School District.

Marc from N magazine was there. Below, Jibe staff with the artists. Mellissa/Jibe, Shane Grammer/lead artist, Michelle/Jibe, Becky/Jibe, Kone/assistant artist, Donald Gensler/City of Sacramento-Art in Public Places-Project Manager.

Great talks by Donald Gensler and Shane Grammer. Also check out https://shanegrammer.com/ especially the section about the murals in Paradise after the fire wiped out the town.

We met Gina (neon yellow jacket) on the trail and invited her to join us. I just worked with Gina last week for Project Ride Smart. She’s teaching a class in N Natomas on Saturday and was doing her pre-ride.

Jibe provided a great lunch from Panera. Thanks to Becky and the entire Jibe team. This was a fun event!

Tuesday October 12. A very windy day for Kathy, Leo, and Cheryl:

Monday October 18. Dani, Kathy, Leo, Cheryl:

Wednesday October 20. Amal, Cheryl:

Friday October 22. Dani, Kathy, Cheryl, Leo, Jane: