February 13, 2007
Worst Day of the Year Ride
Mom and Dad were in town the last few days and on Sunday we rode in the Worst Day of the Year Ride, a Portland tradition for the last several years. Unfortunately Sarah is too young to trailer on such a long ride so Beth stayed home with her. We also rode with my friends Meredith, Lisa, and Julie. At packet pickup the night before the organizers had run out of goodie bags and also had no safety pins to attach riding numbers so I was a little apprehensive about how well organized the ride was going to be. However it was a great route, well-marked with good rest stops and best of all a really fun group of 1500 riders showed up, many in costumes and decorated bikes. I had a leprechaun hat and was trailering Sam as my pot of gold. Mom was Dracula's grandmother, Dad went for a Hawaiian theme and Drew was a bike commuter with limited peripheral vision that had recently been to Mardi Gras. Sam did pretty well in the trailer except we got off to a bad start when the marching band next to us started beating the drums really loud. Poor Sam of course couldn't cover his ears and has better hearing than the rest of us. I got him out of there as fast as I could. This was the first of what should be many fun organized rides this year. As you can see it wasn't horrible weather but we did get a little bit of everything.
Posted by Dave at February 13, 2007 08:34 AM