By: C. Kent, aka (Superman) In looked my front window while drinking my first cup of coffee and fixing breakfast. It was still dark but I could tell it was overcast and cool. It was a perfect day for a longer ride and some exploring. I got dressed and added some arm warmers and headed for the parking lot. I got there about ten feet before Digger and went in to get some coffee and wait for Highlander to arrive. George got there first and Quicksilver got there last making it a small group of five to head for Murrieta.

We moved onto Gilmore and headed south towards Acacia as we normally do heading south west. Today however I felt a lot tighter than normal because of then coolness. During the fall and winter it sometimes takes me five miles before the blood seems to start flowing freely to my leg muscles. I knew I could push through it but I also knew that we could do this ride as easy as we wanted because of the group size and makeup. I led them to Acacia then Kirby before turning on Cypress and heading over to Johnston. We caught the light at Sanderson and turned south again after it changed. I got us past Wally World and well on our way to Mustang with little or no problems.

I still had enough juice to take us onto Dominigoni and started the group west but west turned out to be directly into the wind. By Warren Highlander took over and took us all the way to Winchester. I had dropped back to help George and got him back to the group just as they crossed at the light and then Quicksilver took the lead and pulled us to Leon. I got the lead back just as we started up the saddle and pulled Highlander almost all the way to the top where we decided to regroup. Quicksilver was all smiles as she got to the top but seemed to suffer a sugar drop as we stood there. Highlander told her he was willing to take her back to the car and she told the rest of us to leave. I took Digger and George down to Menifee and headed for Revive hill. Once over the hill we stayed on Menifee and headed for Keller

We rode together to Antelope and headed south towards the Hospital. For some reason traffic seemed pretty heavy as we hugged the side of the road and finally got to nthe Hospital and Baxter. We continued on to the used bus and equipment yard and moved over to Whitewood and headed for the long down hill.

I must have stepped in or on something than was making it pretty hard to unclip my right foot so I had been using the left foot to stop until we got to Los Alamos where I pulled over to make a quick inspection and try to clean the cleat. Once we were back on our way I pulled George to the summit of our little climb where we waited for Digger and I got a text saying Highlander and Quicksilver had made it safely home. Once Digger was with us we dropped down the first little hill and started through the rollers working our way to Briggs Street.

I made it to Briggs first and waited for George and we both waited for Digger before heading north on Leon. I got another Text from Quicksilver saying she was feeling fine and I would see here Friday. Digger, George and I headed for Max Gillis before getting to Winchester and heading north again. I managed to pull us almost all the way to Scott Road before I got a call from and pulled over to answer it. Digger waited for a minute or two and took off with a shout that he knew I could catch him.

I managed to catch him but it took me all the way to Garboni to do it and then I got away shortly after Holland and then the rise to drop down onto Newport/Dominigoni and then to Winchester Farms. George tagged up onto my back wheel before the light at Dominigoni and we rode together to Simpson where we waited for Digger. He blew by us when the light turned green and I had to once again chase him half way to Stowe before he followed me to Winchester Farms and Coffee. After a brief rest and coffee we got back on Stowe and headed for California Street and home.

For a change we more or less took it easy north on California and then east on Stetson heading back to Warren. I pulled us to Sanderson and started us back to Lowes before cutting over to Acacia. We all parted ways by Gilmore and I finally got home for lunch and a hot shower. It was a great day for a ride.