Joyce, if you’re in the Portland area and can join that would be fantastic! I’d love to meet you IRL and we could #PlatyPose together 😆
-Emily > On Aug 22, 2021, at 1:13 PM, JAS <swanson.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Emily and Greg, thank you for organizing this ride and for sharing the > news/photos. I will look forward to your next event; I'd love to join you on > my Platypus wearing wool on a cool fall day. > > >> On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 10:13:17 AM UTC-7 Jimmy Warren wrote: >> >> The Jackalope! >> >> >>>> On Aug 22, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >>>> <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thank you for sharing the photos and therefore letting us look in on this >>> fun event! I would have loved to attend - looks like you guys had a nice >>> turnout and a great time. Two Platypuses and a coral Hunq! Wow! >> >>> >>> >>>>> On Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 9:21:50 PM UTC-7 Emily Guise wrote: >>>>> This past Saturday, my partner Greg and I led the RBW Appreciation >>>>> Pedalpalooza Ride in Portland, OR. Pedalpalooza is a regular summer event >>>>> here and it's basically fun bike rides about anything, led by anyone. >>>>> Usually it's only in June but this year it was June-August. It has been >>>>> so fun this summer and a great way to feel connected to the bike >>>>> community during COVID. It's meant a lot to me this year. >>>>> >>>>> Greg and I noticed there wasn't a Riv-themed ride like there had been in >>>>> years past, so we decided to lead one! It was so hot and muggy on >>>>> Saturday, so we weren't sure how many people would come, but I was so >>>>> happy to see about 30 folks waiting for us at the start point in Creston >>>>> Park. After saying hi to people and admiring bikes, we had a round of >>>>> Riv trivia before heading to Coffee Beer for refreshments. Then we biked >>>>> along the Willamette River, with another trivia stop on the Esplanade. >>>>> >>>>> Meandering up to N Williams Ave, we had a shade stop at Dawson Park, >>>>> then rode up to Golden Pliers for refreshments and to visit our local >>>>> Riv dealer. Kevin and Becky are absolutely the best and they were so >>>>> excited to see all the bikes. I was super excited to cool off in the AC >>>>> in the shop for a bit! >>>>> >>>>> At this point, we were down to about 10 people (as expected-we'd ridden >>>>> about 9 miles in mid-90s mugginess) but we had our last round of trivia >>>>> and then a few of us rode to the Skidmore Bluffs to enjoy our drinks and >>>>> hang out in the shade. >>>>> >>>>> Overall everything went so much better than I hoped! Riv people are >>>>> really so nice, and this group was no exception. I got to meet a lot of >>>>> folks IRL that I knew from online, and even the leader of previous >>>>> Riv-themed rides. Greg and I are already planning on doing another Riv >>>>> ride in the fall and I really hope it will not be so hot so we can all >>>>> wear our wool. :) >>>>> >>>>> Link to check out photos of the ride! >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e3c9058e-4464-46fb-82b6-1b9a9432d3d4n%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/igs7svMRPns/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/38aac427-1d4f-4346-a888-b368c55ea6b5n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/560EE885-A5F9-4C9E-9A79-05BCB877BF89%40gmail.com.
