Capital Trail Ride 4/7/2015

Spring was beckoning and even a rainy forecast could not dissuade 23 Tuesday Groupers from a bike ride this day. Temperatures were fairly mild-in the 60s-so the light sprinkles were only a minor inconvenience. We had 2 starting points today: Jamestown Settlement for a 40 mile roundtrip ride and Chickahominy Riverfront Park (CRP) for a 26 mile roundtrip ride. Some people (well one person) called the 26 mile ride "the girlie ride" but I'm not 100% sure that was true. This was one of our first rides of the season and many folks just didn't have their biking legs in shape yet. The 40 milers (Phyllis, Bruce J, Margaret J, Vic, Bruce M, Richard, Bill, Sandy, Jim, Tom) left promptly at 9:30am and took about 40 minutes to ride the 7 miles to CRP. We saw a few deer along the way and passed a few bikers and runners. We joined up with the 26 milers there (Ellis, Marti, Mark B, Jean B, Mark C, Faye, Mike, Jeff, Brian, Margaret P, Buck, Melissa C and Steve), posed for our picture by Bill and then rode out ~ 10:30 am en masse. The very first leg was over the Chickahominy Bridge which is quite challenging but everybody made it. The Capital Trail was a joy to ride on-smooth, straight and mostly flat. There were lots of pretty daffodils to cheer us along to our destination 13 miles away. We made a few stops for water and to catch up with one another and soon arrived at Cul's Courthouse Grill in Charles City County. We weren't the only ones at Cul's for lunch that day and it was a full house. Unbeknownst to us at the time, Cul had also lost one of his grills and was limited to how much food could be prepared at a time. We were all served eventually but it took over two hours! The good part is that we had plenty of time to talk and catch up with one another. As we finished our individual meals, we all drifted back to our bikes and began the journey back to our starting points. Another great day for the Tuesday Group!

Phyllis

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