Tuesday June 14th "Flag Day" " U.S.Army's 236th Birthday"

"It's a Grand Old Flag and it's Red,White,andBlue",and so were we,I asked for the colors and I got them.This ride celebrated the two holidays with dress ,flags,and bunting.13 appeared for this ride but we lost Jukka with bike problems in the parking lot,it was like losing one of the original colonies,we were reduced to 12.Fran,Nancy,Barbara,Chris,Joe,Ken,Jim,JohnD,JohnV,Niles,Duke,and myself.Rode the Tabernacle Thirty with a few extra miles thrown in for a total of 33.1miles in about 3&3/4 hours.Jukka's flat,my flat,and JohnV's flat cost us time.Fran turned on the jets on AtsionRd.then Chris laughing as she flew by me and next Nancy ,all laughing like children.The weather was beautiful,high 60's,low 70's,blue sky.The group was awesome! Almost forgot,Olga joined us at Shamong Muni.Bldg.,so we traded a Finn for a Russian to make the 13th colony.There was a good bit of chatter on the ride and at Conte's.Three flat tires and I'm still calling it a good ride,now that's a good ride.People thank me after each ride and I appreciate it but keep in mind it couldn't happen without all of you.So with that I end with," and thanks to all of you".