Sat. 8/23/08

It didn't look like there was going to be a large crowd for the Saturday ride, but as we waited to get going more showed up. So we eventually ended with 7 riders for our morning ride. The winds were a very stiff WNW, so we headed west for Mantorville. We motored along to Salem Corners with everyone having fun at the front. Then we moving on to Byron. With a few rollers and a couple of spots where the wind wasn't too bad, this was a nice stretch of road. At Byron, we turned west again for Mantorville, via the golf course road. Again, some nice rollers with some sheltered areas made this a fun stretch. We turned north at Mantorville and headed for cty 11. We stayed north on cty 11 all the way to the River Road, then Terry switched it up on us, by continuing north up the climb to the next intersection. There we turned east (finally a tailwind) and headed for PI. Along the way, some local country bumpkin, decided to pull his middle finger out of his bum long enough to wave it at us. He was heading west and it still bothered him that we were on "his" road. Anyway, nothing could bother us on such a perfect day. We rolled into PI, and stopped at the Kwik Trip for refreshments. We then headed south out of town on cty 3. The road by Big Jim's is tore up for construction, so the group decided to end the day on the trail.

I finished with almost 64 miles. Nice ride everyone (Big Al, Terry, Tim B., Jeff S., Allen, and Kristi).