The beat goes on!

Our last "official" bike ride came and went. The West Orange trail, thankfully shady for the hot day, seemed most fitting for a hand full of our members. Their spirits high they made their way past the animal preserve, over the wire covered bridge that crosses the Florida Turnpike and on to Kilarney Station. The bittersweet ten mile trek seemed just a bit more somber. The riders would gaze around every now and then as if to mentally fill-in our missing rider spots in line. Even lunch seemed different. The Winter Garden Pizza Company welcomed us as usual but our lunch seemed quieter than our normal boisterous sittings. Every now and then we thought we can almost hear the voices of our missing members for we know they are with us in spirit. "But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine." Thomas Jefferson

A couple of our friends and Palm Tree Bikers celebrated their birthdays...

Darlene and Jim shared a birthday cake which made for a great get-together.

You'll notice a few of our Palm Tree Bikers taking part in the celebration.

We even held our own "all male speaker's corner" not unlike the routine early morning "meeting of the minds" that takes place every morning through the season in the clubhouse!

We didn't solve a whole lot of worldly issues but we sure ate a lot of great carrot cake and cupcakes made by Marti (Jim's wife)!

Jim and Darlene had a great day filled with lots of laughs and friendship.

Jack and I got to finish the refurbishment of his decals on his camper.

 We replaced just the mountains/sun decals using spray paint and a palm tree stencil on the front, side and rear of his camper. It was Jack's idea for the addition of the palm trees.

Well, the end of April is coming quickly and we're going to make the best of it. Work at Disney will wind down for all of us in another few weeks or so. I guess all that's left to do is make the best of it....

We're going to Disney World!