A ride around town

The Holidays are behind us and some of our fellow riders are up north or yet to arrive for the 2015-16 season. Over the next week or so we should all be together once again. We wish everyone a safe trip.
We think Bill and Angela is somewhere between here and Massachusetts!

We held our weekly bike ride with 14 riders. With our leaders, Joan and Pete up north we were in good hands with Merikay and John. We headed for Celebration right on time.

One couldn't help notice the elaborate and orderly placement of Larry and Judy's bikes on Larry's bike rack.

...how's this?

After the official "sign-in," where to dine and obligatory greetings we headed out.

 

 This handsom feathered guest was showing off for us!

 

Here's a little info on our friend the water bird...

The above waterbird is an Anhinga.

Below is  a photo of a Cormorant...

The most identifiable difference between the Anhinga and the Cormorant is their beaks.

The Anhinga has a straight pointed beak while the Cormorant has a hooked beak.

 

 

With Larry taking the lead we looked forward to a casual ride.

 Our regular pit-stop allowed for us to discuss the cool temps and settle the routine question to "split-up or not." We decided "not" this time.

 We took the time to solve some of the mundane issues of the day before we headed out.

 Our leader for the day, Larry was awestruck and needed a moment to plan our course.

Larry says, "what the heck, I'm an Uber driver I can find my way around!"

 Below, Larry and Jud..... hey, wait a minute.... where's Judy??

 Our next pit-stop at the pond gave us a minute to check for any wildlife at the pond and catch up with some of the newer riders.

 I think this fellow followed us from our starting point! The wildlife down here just can't resist a "photo-op!"

 

 "Wagons ho!" Larry boldly goes where no man dares.

 

 On the trail, John caught something in his front tire causing it to go flat.

 

 One of our riders, Mike offered to head back to return with his truck nd give John a hand.

After a location briefing, Larry set the group in order and made sure John was all set.

 With an overload of directions from just about all of us John was ready to head out.

 

 We "circled the wagons" and put on the feed bag at the Celebration Town Tavern.

(Shhhhh, there's Judy!)

 

 After much discussion, Larry tries to get out of the photo!

But that ain't happening!

 Realizing he was trapped he tried to get others into the photo.

 Aha! Great, but hey Larry.... again, where's Judy???

And that's how it goes on our weekly ride. Next week our leaders will once again take the reins and whip the group into order as usual.

 

For the record, while Mike was helping John, a few others decided they'd like to take the ride rather than peddle the rest of the way to the Town Tavern.

 

Whew, after all this writing, I need my weekly fix of....

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Flipper's Pizza!