On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > Bill C. invited me and three of his friends on a Labor Day bike ride > from St. Paul to Prescott WI and back, stopping for lunch in > Prescott. I ride my 1996 All-Rounder, Bill rode his Redwood (there's > the Riv content) and his friends rode a Surly LHT, a Trek 560 and a > Raleigh steel lugged single speed. From my house it was a 70 mile > round trip. We spent about 4 1/2 hours riding and 3 1/2 hours eating > lunch and waiting to get everybody gathered together after hills and > such. The day was glorious weather-wise, one of those warm early- > autumn days when summer has not yet surrendered. > > Lunch featured good sandwiches at the Boxcar Cafe in Prescott, washed > down with a selection of local brews (New Glarus Spotted Cow and Fat > Squirrel and Rush River Unforgiven Amber being evaluated along with > some others). I don't know if home brewing is Riv content per se- it > seems to be in keeping with the general philosophy, anyway- but we > had a lively discussion courtesy of the home brewers in the bunch. > > Anyway, it's tough to beat an all-day ride with a bunch of like- > minded folks!
I don't know if envy is properly conveyed over the internet but you definitely have mine. Sounds like a wonderful day. Simply wonderful. -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---