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.

Today at Westfield Village, Jose’s bike was somewhere else being repaired, Tribe didn’t show up. So it was just me and AngelLillie. After practicing a few times, she was able to execute a perfect left turn, we went for a little ride and still had a half hour to go so I taught her how safely ride to her house and back to school. I met her dad. Then we discovered the newly-opened Sycamore Trail. As we rode side by side, she said, “I really like riding without the boys. I wish we could do this every week.” Smile!

AngelLillie