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There was only two for the Saturday ride that followed the Ice Cream ride route, and three of us on Sunday on the Blackmore Pond route.  Sunday however saw lots of riders in Rochester including a 20 member double paceline group.  The three of us were in and out of paceline sprints so the photos are pretty much non existent.  I did get a few yesterday and a couple of shots with people on horses.

It would really be nice to have a few more riders on our paceline rides so we can do longer segments.  Also, I could tell about the minor confrontations with cars, but as bikers we have all heard any story I can tell, many, many times.

It was only 28 miles on this morning ride, but we are planning on a second casual ride along the beaches this evening.

Tuesday 5 July  Friday 8, July at 10 AM

Metric Century.  14 MPH ave. speed

Meet at Hungry Heroes Fairhaven Activity Center next to Stop and Shop in Fairhaven.  We will ride to and around Myles Standish in Carver.

Wednesday 6, July 6 PM start

Wednesday Night Ramble: 30 miles at 14 MPH ave. speed

Meet at Hungry Heroes Fairhaven for a 30 mile ride into Rochester. Our turn around is Old Colony High School

Friday: 8 July 5:30 PM start.

Friday Night Music on Pier 3. Very casual riding.

Meet at Hungry Heroes for a casual ride into New Bedford and attend Summer Sound Series on Pier 3.

Some will stop at the tent behind the old Skipper Motel for refreshments and snacks.  Riders choice.

The day after tennis can be painful.  My legs are toast for most of the day and today was no exception. To compound things, I ran a two hour practice session for the local high school team this morning. Around eight o’clock I had recovered  and got a couple of texts from friends riding.  It got me off the couch for a spin around town.

It was overcast, dead calm with muggy heavy air.  I brought the newspaper along for the coffee shop stop after riding a few miles.  A family came into the shop and the father looking at his phone mentioned that there was a tornado warning for this area.  Really?  We don’t get tornadoes. The closest I have ever heard is when the news says, “there was a possible tornado touchdown in such and such an area.”  The tornadoes I see on TV don’t have the word possible leading the story.  There is no doubt that one hit.

It was 9 PM and raining when I left the coffee shop for the  2 mile ride home.  Riding in a light rain on a sultry summer night is pretty  calming.  I lost myself during the ride till I came across a very dark area on the bike path where a firefly party was in full swing. I stopped and tried to video the light show but all I got was a black screen.

A humid night, riding in the rain with firefly showing me the way like torches lighting a runway in Burma in 1942, made me feel good.