Wednesday, 13 June 2019, Aggie’s Ice Cream Ride
Ride Leader: Karen Saltus
33 miles, 10:30 am start from Kittery Lion’s Club, Kittery, ME
Riders (12): Karen, Amy Ellis, Chuck McWilliams, Dale Ferguson, Dan Krechmer, Jim Goldberg, Karen Ontell, Ray Best, Rochelle Holman, Ron Marland, Susan Sabin, plus one unidentified rider.
We set out from Kittery on a gorgeous summer day. We cycled along beautiful back roads, at times riding along the Piscataqua River and Great Bay. Flowers were in abundance and there was very little traffic. The group was fantastic about getting in single file on the few occasions when cars came along.
We arrived at Aggie’s about ten minutes before they opened and happily waited. After a leisurely break, we looped around for a few miles before re-joining the route and heading back to Kittery. The group stayed together for the first half of the ride, but heading home we felt a few raindrops, so some folks picked up the pace. We ended up being sprinkled on all the way home, but, since it was still somewhat warm, we were not very uncomfortable. Ten of us headed to Warren’s for a great lunch afterwards.
The leader notes that she should have emphasized the “human arrow” procedure before the ride, as several times no one stopped to arrow and the leader ended up becoming an arrow!
Thanks to everyone who made the long drive up to Kittery, and to Dale for sweeping the ride. The leader and Rochelle re-connected after what they estimated was over twenty years of not seeing each other (we had previously been in the Seven Hills Wheelmen together).
Report by Karen Saltus.
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