November 2009

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Today was a hard day

After yesterday’s ride debacle, broken spoke nipple 14 miles into the ride, I felt I needed a nice easy ride on a beautiful Sunday morning. Off to Bicycles East for the Show & Go SS/FG ride. I get there about 20 minutes till 9 and am the first one there. Jackie shows up a few minutes later, then Chris then finally Jim and his girlfriend Carrie (I hope I spelled all those names correctly).

This weekend our family decided to do something other than cycling. We took a trip to the Monroe Executive Airport to see the Warriors and Warbirds 2009 Airshow. It is simply amazing to see 60 year old aircraft that have been restored and look like they just came out of the factory. It is also amazing to see that the sheer performance these aircraft possess.

It was one year ago on the Veteran’s Day ride that I had to go to the hospital with a huge hematoma. So with that experience you would think that I really wouldn’t be eager to return again this year. Well, Nicole and I did go out and took a few pictures of the event that we wanted to share with the cycling community. Many of the images are from before and during the start of the event. We also took a few photographs at the first rest stop.