The day was cloudy, but clearing with a steady but mild wind blowing with an occasional gust. The weather was cool, but not cold. The previous night had rain that prevented some from attending the ride, since they were more east of us and woke up with the rain still overhead. This was the first chapter ride for the Eastern PA chapter since September 2014, all the rides since had been rained out. There were no Winter rides since it was both wet and below freezing through January, February, and March. We were all so relieved to have nice weather and so happy to be going on a ride. Thanks to jlasure for hosting this and and andyr for reconning this and making arrangements. It was a big time cool ride.

Sixteen bikes came on the ride with a few more that came just for breakfast, but couldn't ride due to obligations, weather, or bike maintenance issues. For those that couldn't ride this month, we hope to see you next month. We had our rider's meeting with a prayer for safety, broke up into a lead and chase group, then we were off! It felt soooo good to be out again, leaning into curves and accelerating into the wind. Traffic was light, but the road occasionally had "issues". We were always on the lookout for gravel and pot holes left behind by Old Man Winter.