Nine of us went out from Lumberton on this ride.Kathy,Nancy,Chris,and Barbra,also JoeT,Jukka,Rich,Dave,and myself.Things were rolling along until we were missing one rider after crossing Rt.38.Soon a phone rang,the missing rider was a 1/4 mile back with a flat.Got that fixed and we went into Railroad Ave. for a quick pit stop.Left the rest area and soon heard "rider off".Another rider with a small mechanical problem.Onward we go,when the light changed at 'Charlies' Other Brothers' ' I flew down that hill hopeing to make up time,left on Oxmead breakaway to stop sign at Jacksonville Rd. and regroup.Only eight heads,one missing.Back to the cell phones,made contact and regrouped at Maggie's famous 'nose bleed parking lot'.On to the bakery via WarnerRd.,the shade on WarnerRd. was much appreciated.We had a good break.Leaving the bakery a rider went down avoiding a car,bad knee scrape no scratches on new bike.Crossing Rt.38 a driver on a cellphone put a little scare into us.Murphy's Law,what can go wrong will go wrong.The up side, except for a bloody knee we all came back safe.I shortened the ride so we did 26 miles in 3 hours 22 minutes.I think we'll avoid Smithville Rd. for a while.
Now Friday,remember the flies at Conte's? Do I bring a fly swatter or insecticide?Conte's flies can really hurt.
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