Gina and I have taught Project Ride Smart together, periodically, for the last few years. She is a really creative person who makes jewelry and other decorative items by up-cycling bicycle parts. 
Her second bedroom is her studio. I love seeing other people’s work spaces. She’s very well organized.
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Project Ride Smart
Deanna and Christy are teaching this session at Natomas Park Elementary.
38 kids signed up for today’s after-school coaching session and I was asked to help out. Only 10 showed up which was a good thing. They were all quite successful by the end of the one-hour session.
Jibe
Today, I worked at Jibe for a few hours. (Hurray, an opportunity to get out of the house and do something productive). Three LCIs worked on their final certification to teach Project Ride Smart by presenting classroom lessons and receiving feedback from Mellissa and me. Here Veronica, Dana, Lorge, and Mellissa get ready for the street rides; I drove and followed them, getting out at the various teaching stops:
Bike rides
It’s been too hot to ride lately, but on Friday the high was in the low 80s so I invited the Four Seasons Westshore bicycle-interest group on a couple of rides that I’ve done before. It was windy and rather chilly at 8 am for the first ride. My neighbor Lorraine rode the 4-mile Public art ride #1:
The second ride came next: 6-mile Public art ride #2. My next door neighbor Colleen came on this ride. 
On Saturday morning, Helen arrived at 8 am for a 7-mile ride to the Natomas Farmers Market. A 20-mph north wind was blowing – ugh – the tailwind part of our ride was quite nice, but the headwind part was a challenge.
The fresh spring peas were worth it!
Westfield Village Bike Club
This was my last bike club meeting at Westfield Village with its most faithful member, AngelLillie. I was so happy Deb Banks rode with us.
Riding with AngelLillie has been such a delightful experience that I wanted our last meeting to be special, so the three of us rode 2 miles to Joe’s Crab Shack in Old Sacramento.
Molly Wagner from WALKSacramento joined us.
On our way back,
I noticed some smoke, we stopped, evaluated, and called 911 …
a small crowd gathered,
the fire department arrived,
and put out the fire.
After being asked a few questions by a fireman, we rode on to where AngelLillie lived. I smiled as I listened to AngelLillie invent various scenarios about being heroines on bicycles, riding around, saving the community. When we said our final goodbyes, one of AngelLillies’s neighbors came by. She said, “We just saved all of West Sacramento from being burned down.” Smile. I will miss you AngelLillie.
Project Ride Smart – the LAST day
Sue Schooley and Lorge Quant presented the day’s activities. Not a street ride but other fun things you can do on a bicycle. 
My helpers for the Slow Race for one class: repeatedly they raced to shout “On your mark, get set, go slow!”
The person who crossed the finish line LAST without touching a foot to the ground was the winner.
Lorge did Rock Dodge (with mixed success):
Sue did the Bean Drop.
Four Seasons Westshore to Steamers
It was an 8 am start and it was a bit chilly but the rain wasn’t supposed to start until the afternoon. Three brave souls showed up and off we rode to Old Sacramento.
Peter Price, Phil Jackson, Helen Chao
After a half-hour break and a little snack, we rode back. Miles = 18
The best testimonial came from Peter in an email later that day, “I think I could now find my way to Old Sac on that route, which I hope to try with a biking partner sometime soon.” Success!
Project Ride Smart
at H Allen Hight. Week 2. Monday and Tuesday were blacktop drills. Wednesday was the first day of street rides.
And then it began raining. Periodic showers but all 4 classes had some rain to deal with. My group found a skate park at Wild Rose Park that also made a fun bike path.
Ride leaders: Christy, Yolanda, Doug, Deanna, Dana, and Veronica.
Friday. Sunshine!
Mostly.
Bridgeway Island Bike Club
The last day and it rained buckets until near the end of our hour together.
There was just enough time for a Slow Race, multiple heats!
The champion – Meike.
Stonegate Bike Club
This was our last club meeting and I wanted it to be special. Donuts before we rode, they’d each told me their favorite kind last week, but I bought a few extra. About 2 minutes before our ride was supposed to begin, there was one donut left. Christoper, “Can I have it?!!” Of course. His third donut in 15 minutes!
We didn’t ride far but were still able to practice all the skills taught over the past 10 meetings. We went to local Fire Station 45 in West Sacramento for a tour.
The boys tried to climb UP the pole while Matthew’s mother, Ina, looked on. I was so happy to have a parent along for this ride. She told me she could really see improvement in Matthew’s riding skills and knowledge.
One minute from sliding down the pole
to this. Ready to go!
Andrew, Christopher, Connor, Matthew, and Logan – THANK YOU for being in Stonegate Bike Club. I had a great time and I know you learned a lot.
When I got home, I opened this gift card.
