Rider on FIRE!

I wouldn't normally razz anyone for not making a ride,

 but today was simply FAB!

Weather was perfect, route and roads perfect (Dave vindicated at last!)

The way DAVE and I saw it, everyone had a reasonable excuse

 (family matters)

except Russ who was riding "some other kinda bike"

Just Dave and Rich headed off this morning at 7:00 under clear blue skies

Lots of talk about riding gravel, it was difficult not to turn on the

 Fox Farm Road  (see "The Eki Chronicles" )

I'm sure as fall approaches, this blog may be retitled "Duluth (gravel) Road Cyclists!

We just  had to stop to admire the scenery

We arrived Hugo's Bar / General Store in Brimson just after 9:00

Thanks Laurie for looking after us

We probably could have sat here all day

Stopped in the old railroad town of Wales

(Dave had too much coffee, not Rich! A first!)

After miles of high speed downhill, we couldn't pass up

Kayla and the MOCHA MOOSE

After 70+ miles . . . this is a VERY welcome sign

I'm referring to the flag . . .

COOL . . . the last 20+ miles will be with the wind.

Evidently, Kayla put something in Dave's Coffee

Because he became:

A RIDER ON FIRE

Over the last 40 miles today, all I saw was

Except when Dave caught Mark (Grand Rapids)

then all I saw

(actually, blue was usually in front of orange)

Funny, this was not "our" Mark, but all Mark's must wear Orange?

It was a GREAT RIDE . . . DON'T MISS THE NEXT ONE

We finished by riding up the hill with ROSS,

 he shoulda been there, and he knew it.

MONDAY, 6:00 am at "the CHURCH!"