Of Snakes and Rabbits

Ride Report 4/13/10
Riders: Paul Olver, Julie Gray, Khamthong Phengphachanh, Rachel Gray, Daniel Gray
Ride Time: 2 hours
Distance: 25 miles
Route: Rainier to Interurban out and back

We stopped a few times in the first few miles to retrieve a driver's license, take a phone call, adjust a seat, and regroup, but after that, we had a good pace of around 15 mph and cruised interurban and Rainier Ave. Rachel survived her first ride on the tandem with Dad, although space was a bit tighter than with Melody as stoker. Survival was key as they narrowly avoided a bike bunny head-on collision while on the interurban. A casualty included a snake that did not survive an earlier bike snake collision and was strung across the path. It is worth pointing out that there was some honking from the back of the paceline which helped those pulling stay encouraged. Big ups to Pastor Paul who made it through a fairly intense first ride of the season and took this great picture at the Renton Airport, and to Khamthong who survived 1 disintegrating tire and 1 exploding tire before we left the house.