Thursday again

Today was Thursday, and time once again for the Thursday Night Ride! Art, Bettina, and Dave joined me for a 40 mile preride of the Springwater Corridor to Boring and back.

It was a beautiful day!  We pedaled along at a moderate pace, enjoying a long overdue visit.

We got to the trail end in Boring, where we had a chance to talk to a Death Ride participant. In short order we were back on our way to Portland.  Bettina picked up the pace a bit, and we boys did our best to hang on!

                             

She rode fast enough that I had nearly an hour to waste before TNR started.  What better way to waste time on an 85 degree day than to have a chocolate sundae?  ;-)

TNR was going to be fun tonight.  There were more mobile sound systems and more decorative bikes than usual.

The crowd was a little smaller than it has been in recent weeks, possibly owing to other rides going on tonight.

There were still about 200 people on bikes.  Nathan was back at the helm after working the Trans Am Bike Race.  He led us on a slightly longer than normal route tonight, ending at Irving Park were we met up with a sizable crowd that was already well into bike party mode.

I didn't hang around the party for long.  I noted that by the time I finished riding it was 9:38 PM PDT, and the sky was still blue with no stars yet visible.  The days of course are getting shorter again, but the long daylight is certainly nice.

Another fun day on the bike, and despite only having 75 miles in June as of the 26th, I managed to end up the month with 337. Hardly stellar, but at least decent by this year's standards.

.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today .........59................0..................0.......................0............59
Jan...............0................0...............,...0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
YTD...... 1708.............0...................0.......................0..........1708