I'm sorry this post is late, my son's birthday was last week and we had three parties for him. Now that it's over, let's get back to business. This last ride of the season had a light turnout due to cold and tight schedules plus rain the day before. Three of us came to breakfast and three showed up to ride. So, six came out all together and I would show you some pictures but I forgot my camera at home. Of the three that came to ride, one decided not to ride due to the clouds and his heart wasn't in it. So another rider and myself headed out on the ride. We got about an hour into the ride when we came across a bridge that was out. I hadn't reconned the ride and assumed someone else did, silly me. We turned left and came upon another bridge out. After this the rider I was with had some mechanical problems with his bike, but a push and a kick start and we were back on our way. We rode for only about an hour and a half since the other rider needed to be somewhere. I rode more of the route solo and then headed home, arriving before noon. Our next event will be a lunch on January the 5th, 2013. I'll post up more before the New Year. I hope you and your family have a nice holiday.

This ride was the one that almost wasn't. Many were wary of the possibility of rain in the forecast and were considering bailing out. I resolved to go despite the gloom in the forecast. I think many folk agreed with me when they awoke with a clear sky greeting them. We only had about 8 signed up to go, but once the riders meeting started I was looking at 15 riders. We even had leon come along for a short bit. Once the ride began the skies did cloud up and become overcast. By 10:30am in Lebanon county it was misting and did so for 10 minutes. But after that, it was cool air and breeze with the sun peeking out a few times. I was leading the front group and we stopped on a side road to send a message to the chase group to avoid a certain stretch of road and come straight to the lunch stop. As I was speaking to one rider, half of the group disappeared into the bushes. Five minutes later we got back on the road. We had one u-turn but no crashes. The chase group had two different crashes with one going to the hospital. I'm told it was a shoulder injury, so let's pray he will be well soon. We had lunch at Lenny's Denny's in Halifax and they had very good food.