By: C. Kent, aka (Superman) I like Friday’s and I plan easy rides because of that. My goal is to end the week with a fun ride that allows everyone to ride as hard or as easy as they like. I didn’t expect many riders today because I knew two at least were taking the day off but I was pleasantly surprised with those that did show up. At 8am Digger, Earth Dog, Minotaur, Dragon Slayer, Bulldozer and Ferret followed me out onto Lyon to get to Acacia and start our ride. I turned onto Acacia and got us to Kirby and headed south.

It was pretty easy to follow Digger to Cypress and start riding through the housing tract. I pulled up next to Digger and talked to him as he lead our group to Johnston and waited at the light on Sanderson. Digger was surprised that people weren’t pushing him at this point but I told him people were busy talking and getting caught up on each other’s life since the last time we were together. I was sure than by the time we got to Domenigoni the pace would pick up and he would have to push himself. We made the turn after the light changed and I took over the pull heading towards Mustang.

I was feeling pretty energetic as we headed past Wally World and pushed on to Mustang and the turn onto Domenigoni to head west. Earth Dog slipped by me at Mustang but I hooked onto Minotaur and Bulldozer to catch him. I ended up following the two of them as we turned west on Domenigoni and headed for Warren. I was cruising along pretty well as we rolled by Warren and headed over the bridge at the dry wash. After the drop on the back side I took my turn at the front and pulled just short of Winchester. When I gave up the lead and fell to the back there were only five of us. I asked Dragon Slayer where the other two were and he just said they were “back” there. I fell out of line to see about picking them up but they were not even in sight. I set the pace on 16 mph and waited for them but even by the saddle I couldn’t see either of them. I joined the lead group at the gas station on Menifee and we waited for them to arrive. Once they got there the other group left and I waited to lead Digger and Earth Dog south towards Revive and the turn onto Garbani.

Earth Dog hit Revival pretty good and Digger struggled a bit. But Earth Dog waited for us after the stop sign and we joined him and headed south to Garbani. I followed Earth Dog onto Garbani. We pulled away from Digger and headed for Briggs for the segment heading north. I got a good jump on the beginning of the segment and finished pretty high for today. I got to the stop sign on Briggs and waited for Earth Dog and Digger before we headed to Laguna Vista and jump over to Domenigoni and head west towards Winchester.

Digger and I were thinking about cutting over on Lindenburger rather than climbing the saddle again but Earth Dog was following the map and stayed on Domenigoni heading for the saddle and over towards Winchester. Digger and I cut back over to Domenigoni and followed him over the saddle and down to Leon. I fell back to pull digger but that allowed Earth Dog to get away and make it to Winchester first. He got caught at the light and we caught him just before it turned green and we headed for Winchester farms and the turn towards California. When we got to the corner we ran into Dragon Slayer and told him we were heading to Hanger 1 for coffee and pie. He was in for that and we pulled out of the parking lot and headed east.

Dragon Slayer ended up pulling us all the way to the airport road and took us over to Hanger one. Digger had to leave so it was just Dragon Slayer, Earth Dog and me stopping. Dragon Slayer and I already knew we wanted Blueberry pie and Earth Dog didn’t get his order in quick enough so there were only two pieces left. Dragon Slayer offered to order something else but Earth Dog opted for a Fritter. We knew he was in for a massive sweet roll and we almost laughed when he saw how big it was. There was no way he was eating all of the Fritter but Dragon Slayer and I had no problem with the Blueberry Pie. We finished eating and parted ways with Dragon Slayer while he left to pick up his wife’s car at the auto center and we headed for the bike shop and home. Not a bad day all in all and I even got two PRs on Briggs.