Karen's Ride

I am getting a bit lazy here, not posting for a WHOLE WEEK! I blame it on the difficulty in trying to figure out how to incorporate a slide show into the blog; NOT easy, but if you go back to our Penfield Town Hall ride you will see a good one and there is a short one from last Sunday's rainy ride as well, finally. Technology would be so much more fun if it were a little more user-friendly.

The ride on Aug. 17th from Karen's house in Penfield was really fun, with perfect weather and a great turn-out of riders. The nine that rode the hills of Penfield with me were Erica, Gene, Michele, Glen, Tom, Steve F, Steve W, Brian and Olga. The route worked out well, despite some busier roads at the beginning and gradually turned into very quiet and hilly country roads. Nice! Brian took a really cool photo of the group as we rested at the top of Furman Hill, by climbing up to higher ground to capture all of us at an interesting angle. There are more pictures from this ride and the party at Karen's that I hope to put into a slide show soon.

After the ride, we were able to comfortably relax and socialize on Karen's back deck with plenty of food and drink to satisfy everyone. My favorite treat was made by John's wife, Linda; decadent shortbread loaded with honey glazed nuts, so healthy and sweet, yum! I brought carrot cake muffins to celebrate Karen's birthday - wanted to sing the corny birthday song to her, but she begged us not to. Happy Birthday Karen!

Heather shared with us her adventurous and successful experience in the Iron Girl competition; she has inspired both Karen and myself to consider doing it next year. Really, I just want one of those beautiful jerseys that participants receive for completing it - looked great on Heather ;)

With moving day fast approaching, Del brought a nice collection of ceramics serving dishes, vases and other miscellaneous items to Karen's and let us take home anything that caught our fancy. I found some nice wood pieces that will look lovely on my table. Thanks Del!

It was too bad that the temperature dropped after the ride, as we finally had a pool to cool off in. Brian was the only one brave enough to take a dip and he did not seem chilled at all. That hot tub would have been irresistible, had it been opened. Next time I shall speak up!