Wed. 6/18/08

We had 13 riders start from Erik's. I'll see if I have them all, first Team Erik's (Marty, Steve, Scott "The Bossman", Chris "Nice Helmet") and an assorted cast of characters (Todd, Tom, Paul, Al, Jim T., Kristi, Steve R., Pat, and myself). Marty had the route mapped out beforehand, so we headed north on the Douglas trail. At Douglas we hooked up with Jeff. We turned west up Genoa hill (Steve wanted the sign real bad), then north on cty 5. We missed the turn on cty 22 (so much for the pre-mapped route) and continued on cty 5 until we got to PI. From there we turned west on the river road all the way to Berne. The group was working real smooth at this point and everyone took their turn at the front. We turned south on hwy 57 and headed for Mantorville. Marty and "The Bossman" were on the front and with no room to spare, they had to pull us most of the way to Mantorville. Where Tom and Scott duked it out for the sign. Some needed water (others needed to get rid of some water), so the rest continued up the hill to wait at the golf course road. After regrouping, the group headed east past the golf course and again kept a nice rotation of fresh riders at the front. We turned towards Byron, where Tom wanted the town sign even more than Steve. At Byron, the group headed north and eventually east on cty 4 for Rochester. I headed south at Byron for Salem Corners and then back into Rochester and then home.

Here is my route:



Great ride and maybe next time Jeff will bring his good bike...