What started out as a cold, damp day on wet roads turned into a beautiful day. The ride got off to a nasty start, with Dave Reesh breaking a spoke and getting a flat less than a mile into the ride. Fortunately, that was the only mishap of the ride.
We met up with a much larger group from the Evanston Bike Club (that included Dave's wife) at the Liberty Restaurant in Libertyville. Our group took a bonus 10 mile loop around Ascension Cemetery. As the sun came out on our ride back home, it did point out a benefit of riding in the Chicago area, when we get good weather, we really appreciate it. Ended up being a successful ride with a good belly filling brunch and a ride in the sun on the way home.
The most annoying aspect of the ride was coming across a woman with two large dogs off the leash on the Skokie Valley Trail. Fortunately, we slowed down to a crawl as we passed them, because one of the dogs wandered right into Martin's path. No damage occurred from the bump, but it could have been a really ugly event if we had not slowed down. Insanity to have dogs off the leash when walking by a bike trail.
You forgot to mention the pain and suffering!
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