A very cold morning – not by Canadian standards however. I left at 8 am, it was 33F and foggy. I rode to meet the Jibe group in front of Kohl’s. There were 13 of us on today’s ride. Brenda was ride leader, I rode sweep. Lorge and Kathy were mechanics.
We rode to the Cherry Island Soccer Complex.
29 miles for me today. Good ride.
Saturday morning, about 20 people met at Baskin Robbins.
Thank you Jibe for buying everyone an ice cream afterwards.
SABA organized the second-annual Supermarket Sweep and Jibe joined in to support two teams of three bike-riders by donating $250. Lorge, Stacey, Brenda, Sheila, Lori and I met on the patio at Bella Bru at 10:15. We opened the envelope with instructions, planned our strategy, and left at 10:50.
The first four stores we shopped at were smaller mom-and-pop types – three Indian and one Carribbean Jamaican. Nice for our local merchants but expensive.
Sheila:
Our final stop was at a lower-priced large grocery in S Natomas.
I was happy to stay with the bikes while everyone else did the shopping. All our bikes were about to be loaded to the max with Lorge carrying the most – he bicycle tours and has large panniers on the rear and smaller panniers on the front plus his handlebar bag.
Then we rode about 12 miles to the meeting point at Two Rivers Cider Co.
We checked in and had our donation weighed: 101 pounds.
Time to use our drink tickets.
3:00 – the last team arrived.
Cheers!
3:30 – time for us to ride back to N Natomas. This event collected 700+ pounds to donate to River City Food Bank. The N Natomas team rode a total of 35 miles. A long fun day.
This morning the City of Sacramento encouraged people to walk, ride and roll along the Del Rio Trail to see the recent public art installations and visit with some of the artists. Twelve of us met at the Gateway Connector Bridge over I-80.
There are 18 total art installations along the Del Rio Trail. There are 5 identical “granaries” placed in various locations along the trail.
An 18-foot bronze dining table with local seeds and seed pods embedded on top:
A mirrored ball at the top could make you think a train is coming toward you:
Lots of spinning with a good wind:
Jibe hosted an end-of-season get-together for everyone in the bike programs at Drake’s the Barn in W Sacramento. This included all the Bike Docs and LCIs who teach Project Ride Smart, the bike tech class at Inderkum HS, and various other bike education programs in N Natomas.
Deb presented Bill Leddy with his Good Wheel award.
Twenty people showed up for today’s ride. Steven was the ride leader, Ki was sweep, Jorge was the mechanic. We met in front of Kohl’s, hoping the dark clouds to the west were not filled with rain.
Great ride, 20 miles to the California Aerospace Museum in McClellan and back. McClellan, now its own town, used to be an Air Force base.
On the way back, we all enjoyed hot fresh tamales at a roadside stop.
Almost back to our starting point.
at Westlake Charter. The prep room/extra teaching space for all four 5th grade classrooms. Doug, BarbaraL, Kathy, Gina, Deanna:
Kathy and I had the Blue group today – all had excellent skills.
Kathy did a great job teaching one of the classes.
at Westlake Charter. Prepping the students for their first street ride. Gina, Deanna, Kathy, and a parent volunteer:
Kathy and I worked with the Yellow group, three different classes. Great cyclists who know how to safely ride on the street.
Tuesday and Wednesday. BarbaraL and I met at 6:45 am to ride and rode 3 miles to Natomas Park Elementary. We were nearing the end of our time at NPE, time for the best part – street rides. BarbaraL and I worked with the Blue group – they had excellent bike-riding skills. Two left-hand turns across busy N Bend Dr and they had to complete the turns as individuals.
This was the second class of the day on Wednesday getting their jerseys and helmets on to go out for their first street ride. However .. I did not go with them. While teaching the first class, I stepped in a grass-covered hole and turned my ankle. I was able to ride back to school, but it was not safe for me to go out with the second class. Darn. Gina quickly put an ice pack on my ankle.
While everyone went out for their ride, I texted friends to find someone who could pick up me and my bike – thank you Cheryl.
Cheryl and I went for a ride. Actually I needed to practice my Blue 1 route for Project Ride Smart on Tuesday and Wednesday, then we rode to Bella Bru. Joining us at 9:45 – BarbaraL, Laurie, Cheryl, Paul, me, Lori:
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