Fun with Dan and Linda

Jordan and I met up with Dan and Linda at the Birchwood Cafe at 9AM with plans for a 3-4 hour ride. Paula joined us as well, and Shana stopped by for breakfast.

We rolled over to St. Paul along the river, picking up Dave Gray, headed up Little Italy, and then down Summit. We bumped into Joe Johnson who said the LGR crew was headed to Afton, which we had considered for our plan too. We kept rolling west since Paula had to get back home by Noon. We saw Patty Cakes, Ellis, and a couple others who had just rolled out of GP headed east on Summit. We waived, and they spotted Jordan and gave him a cheer. He's almost famous.

We dropped Paula off, and headed back east to catch up with the LGR crew and head out towards Afton. Casper and Mark B. took the wind all the way to Afton. The tempo was moderate to hard, rather than the level 1 I expected, but Linda and Jordan were fine, so we just kept at it.

We separated from the LGR crew at Afton, and rode to Dave Gray's place to drop off Linda and Jordan who were pretty spent. They ended up with 4.5hours and 70 tough miles. Well done guys.

I mentioned to Casper that we should go for a Hundo, and we attempted to take a less direct route back, but it wasn't to be. We ended up with 5.5hours and 89 miles. We were all pretty happy to ride longer than anticipated, especially with the relatively nice weather. Thanks Dan and Linda for a great ride, and thanks to Dave for taking care of Linda and Jordan while we finished our ride.