Howdy all, My first ever post on a blog! Well, Todays weather was beautiful. Slight breeze and sunny skies. We met at SC and hit the road with Scott, Patrick, Sandie and me ( Marcus). I must say that Sandie led quite the charge up the paved road. I was thinking - does she have a meeting to get to? But I think she just had a lot of energy. On the initial pedal up the pavement, were deciding where to go. Scott and I were kinda clueless, as we don't know the trail names, so we left it up to Patrick, who wanted to take the 123 with the water tower (or something like that up), and then the upper, middle and lower postal on the way down. Scott hung with our blistering pace up to the water tower and then announced he was going to turn around. All I can say is it was great to see you there Scott! As crazy as it sounds, if you keep it up, the climbs are just as much fun as the descents! Hope to see you again for tomorrows ride.
As usual, the ride was sprinkled with interesting conversation. I found out that Patrick lives and works right downtown. Whadda life! And Sandie broke her ankle on the middle postal route. Which brings me to my next topic. Now, with all respect to Jeff P. Who is one of the grooviest guys I have met in recent history, and who of course, deserves to make all decisions regarding the trails he has made... I think we should change the name of Middle Postal Route to something like " Sandies Ankle" or "Sandies Folly" or " Sandies High Speed Wipeout Trail"
The fact that she rode out and made it back to the office ( With Patricks help) is pretty darn studly ( studettely) and I think is worthy of repeating. Ya know, in 10 years from now, there will be alot of others joining us for our lunch rides. We must be reminded of some of the gutsy things that have happened in the Facility Bike Club. We must repeat them to the newcomers when they ask " Why is this trail named Sandies....." Whell, let meh tell ya sumthin there little fella... Whay back when, Sandie dun come around this corner and flippted her bicyle and did many a starfish style cartwheels down this here hill... Little did she know, she broke her ankle. She still made it beck to work... Amazin...So, yes, as the new guy, I am emboldened by the power of the Blog, and use it to state my case...
If others agree, and of course Jeff P agrees to relenqiush the mild named " Middle Postal Route" To something spicey and filled with lore, then lets agree to make it so!
